Community ownership model saves residents from eviction

Jayda is packing her family’s things into boxes, but she’s not moving. She’s preparing to temporarily relocate while her family’s home gets desperately needed repairs. It’s the end of what has been a very long road to home security for Jayda and her co-tenants, and the beginning of a happy new chapter in their lives. … Read more

Build a Stronger Future: Recommendations for local housing response to COVID-19

Today I find myself asking the same questions I last asked 12 years ago. It was May of 2008, and I was the Staff Director for then–Councilmember Sam Liccardo for the City of San Jose. The economy was spiraling out of control and the housing market had crashed. The questions I was asking then are the same ones I find myself grappling with today:  Since that … Read more