Stay ConnectedDwellings is a podcast from the City of San José Housing Department, where we discuss ending homelessness, building affordable housing, and housing policy at the City and State level with local experts in the field.
Theme music: “Speed City,” composed and performed by Etienne Charles, courtesy of San Jose Jazz.
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To learn more about Affordable Housing Financing, please visit our website at www.sjhousing.org.
Inclusionary rental compliance
Learn about Rent Stabilization
SOMOS Mayfair – their mission is to support children, organize families, and connect neighbors to uplift the dreams, power, and leadership of the community and address systemic inequities.
To learn more about Project Homekey, please visit the State website at https://www.hcd.ca.gov.
The California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) - CEQA requires public agencies to “look before they leap” and consider the environmental consequences of their discretionary actions. CEQA is intended to inform government decision-makers and the public about the potential environmental effects of proposed activities and to prevent significant, avoidable environmental damage.
If you are just beginning to learn about CEQA, visit their Getting Started page.
Santa Clara County Community Plan to End Homelessness 2020-2025
To learn more about the City’s Apartment Rent ordinance and other housing ordinances, visit our website at www.sjhousing.org.
To learn more about the Bill Wilson Center, visit https://www.billwilsoncenter.org.
United States Department of Health and Human Services(HHS)
Youth Homelessness Demonstration grant
The United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) - one of the executive departments of the U.S. federal government. It administers federal housing and urban development laws.
Handbook for HUD - Housing for Youth Aging Out of Foster Care
Transitional Housing Program - provides funding to counties for child welfare services agencies to help young adults aged 18 to 24 years find and maintain housing, with priority given to those formerly in the foster care or probation systems.
Point-in-Time(PIT) - count is an annual effort led by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to estimate the number of Americans, including Veterans, without safe, stable housing.
To learn more about the Silicon Valley Leadership Group, please visit https://www.svlg.org.
Terms and topics discussed:
Read Elijah's Working Paper: https://www.elijahdelacampa.com/research
To learn more about the City's ADU program, please visit the ADU program website.
Visit the Mayor's website at SJBackyardHomes.com
In the state of California, developers are required to build a certain number of apartments and housing units following ADA accessibility requirements. But do those requirements actually make a difference? Is there more that can be done? On this episode, we sit down with Allie Cannington, Manager of Advocacy and Organizing for The Kelsey, and Jacky Morales-Ferrand, Director of the Housing Department, to learn about building inclusive housing for people with (and without) disabilities.
To learn more about The Kelsey and the work they're doing on building affordable, inclusive housing, please visit their website.
Review the Kelsey's Housing Design Standards for Accessibility and Inclusion
Learn more about the Curb-Cut Effect from the Stanford Social Innovation Review.
Priced Out (Technical Assistance Collaborative)
Learn more about the various local funding mechanisms for affordable housing:
To learn more about the City's Housing Element process and review past Housing Element plans, please visit the Housing Element Update webpage.
To learn more about the Housing Element process in other cities in Santa Clara County, please visit LetsTalkHousingSCC.org.
Jargon glossary:
To learn more about opportunity housing, please visit the Planning Department's Opportunity Housing webpage.
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