Sunnyvale resident Gail Rubino first moved into the El Dorado Mobile Home Park 15 years ago because it was the only way she could afford home ownership in Silicon Valley. She settled into the park and formed a community she could call her own. Now, she’s fighting to change a statewide bill that would make...
San Jose affordable apartment tower nears construction
After more than a decade of planning and delays, a 15-story, 100% affordable apartment building known as The Gateway Tower is set to break ground in downtown San Jose’s SoFA District early next year. The breakthrough comes after developer The Core Companies announced it had secured all necessary funding to move forward with the $197-million construction...
Santa Clara high-rise housing project would displace businesses
Affordable high-rise housing is closer to sprouting along El Camino Real in Santa Clara, but it would displace numerous local businesses. Pennsylvania-based developer Toll Brothers wants to replace more than a dozen stores in Santa Clara’s longstanding Moonlite Shopping Center with 601 homes at 2610 El Camino Real. The development proposal includes a trio of...
San Jose youth hub and apartments open
A project for young adults in Santa Clara County has finally put out the welcome mat. The Hub and Parkmoor Community Apartments, a 17,000-square-foot youth facility with 81 apartments, opened Monday. Half of the apartments have been set aside for young people transitioning out of foster care, with the rest going to low-income, very-low income...
San Jose metro area No. 1 in declining home building permits
San Jose and its surrounding cities have taken the top spot in housing — but the data is nothing to brag about. The San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara metro area took the No. 1 spot for the biggest decline in home building permits at 68% when comparing data from July 2020 and 2025, according to a recent...
Santa Clara University alumna brings affordable housing to city
More than 100 townhomes will replace an office park in Santa Clara, clearing the way for home ownership and affordable housing near Santa Clara University. The Santa Clara City Council unanimously approved a 142-townhome development last month, located at 1400 Coleman Ave. The 4-story project, proposed by San Francisco-based City Ventures, includes 29 affordable homes...
Cupertino residents oppose affordable housing project
One of the first 100% affordable housing developments in Cupertino poised to serve some of the community’s most vulnerable residents is drawing backlash from the surrounding neighborhood. A local grassroots effort with more than 450 online signatures wants to stop a 40-home affordable development along Mary Avenue. The project proposes a first-of-its-kind housing mix of 19...
Santa Clara development offers hundreds of apartments
A long-awaited Santa Clara housing development is already welcoming hundreds of residents, and the developers are just getting started. Holland Partner Group, in collaboration with developer Hunter Storm and architect firm MVE + Partners, has completed 725 homes as part of the first phase of the Gateway Crossings project off Coleman Avenue. The two finished...
Santa Clara County finds way to fight builder’s remedy
Developers are attempting to use a legal escape hatch to push new housing into South County open space. But county leaders have found a loophole of their own. The Santa Clara County Planning Commission on Thursday voted 5-2 against appeals for two different projects under the same developer. To push the projects through, the developer has...
East San Jose community development nets multimillion-dollar grant
Millions of dollars will turn a mostly vacant East San Jose building into a cultural gem. Local advocates describe it as a vital investment to support neighborhoods where some of the city’s most vulnerable residents live. The School of Arts and Culture at Mexican Heritage Plaza recently received $6 million from the Knight Foundation, a historic...