After 17 years of being homeless in San Jose, a woman who identifies herself as “Fireball” was thrilled when she learned in April that she had a spot in a homeless housing development project that was underway in the city. “I’ve been dreaming and wishing for a place to live,” said Fireball — who received...

Despite the affirmations and empowering quotes covering San Jose native Marcelina Taguinod’s apartment door, she’s been feeling down. Taguinod, diagnosed with bipolar disorder, has isolated herself in her room in downtown San Jose’s Second Street Studios, a permanent supportive housing complex for formerly homeless people. A tenant at the development since it opened in early May,...

Santa Clara County housing advocates and leaders are in the final stages of finalizing the newest five-year plan to eradicate homelessness — or at least try to get everyone in the county housed by 2025. This week, the group leading the effort to build the plan unveiled its high-level framework as housing advocates and local...

San Jose officials are working on new strategies to stop displacement in the Bay Area’s largest city, this month releasing a new anti-displacement report as officials host community meetings to drum up feedback and ideas to keep people from being pushed out. The 80-page report, Ending Displacement in San Jose, was released Jan. 15 and...

Homeowners in Santa Clara County are living in their own houses at the lowest rate seen in more than two decades, new data shows, even as Silicon Valley faces a complex housing crisis that has pushed many out of the region or onto the streets due to a shortage of homes and spikes in housing...

For seven tumultuous years, the residents of a west San Jose mobile home park dueled with the city over razing their community of mobile homes to build 700 units of luxury housing. But last week, the uncertainty the park’s residents faced for nearly a decade was put to rest. Lawmakers unanimously approved a plan that...

Last year was a big year for accessory dwelling units — or “granny units” — in San Jose, where the number of people seeking to build the little backyard homes nearly doubled from 2018, and the number permitted to start construction grew even faster. Recent San Jose data shows that 695 applications for new ADUs...

More than 1.5 million residents fled the Bay Area between 2010 and 2016 due in part to the rising cost-of-living, including San Joseans who are increasingly forced out. A coalition of local housing advocates, nonprofits and lawmakers recently released a report that they hope will shine a light on how displacement is a driving factor in the...

With rising housing costs exacerbating California’s severe homeless crisis, the Kinkade Family Foundation and CityTeam on Thursday teamed up to open a new home for homeless women and children in San Jose. After the 2012 death of Thomas Kinkade, an American artist known as “the Painter of Light,” his family started the Kinkade Family Foundation to honor...