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Dwellings 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 an


    • Feb 24, 2022 LATEST EPISODE
    • infrequent NEW EPISODES
    • 34m AVG DURATION
    • 14 EPISODES


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    How the Pandemic Impacted Landlords in San José

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 24, 2022 43:54


    San José's ADU Program

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 10, 2022 34:10


    To learn more about the City's ADU program, please visit the ADU program website.Visit the Mayor's website at SJBackyardHomes.com

    Building Disability-Forward Housing

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 27, 2022 46:42


    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 InclusionLearn 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:Measure A (Santa Clara County)Measure E (San José)Commercial Linkage Fee (San José)Inclusionary Housing Fees (San José)

    San José's Housing Element

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 14, 2022 44:35


    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:Regional Housing Needs Allocation (RHNA): Identifies the total number of housing units for a region, separated into four affordability levels.Association of Bay Area Governments (ABAG): Regional planning agency for the nine-county Bay Area of California.Assessment of Fair Housing: In-depth analysis of residential segregation and access to opportunity. State law AB 686 (2018) requires all cities and towns in California include an Assessment of Fair Housing as part of their Housing Element updates. Learn more about the City's draft Assessment of Fair Housing in a recent June 2021 memo.

    Opportunity Housing Part 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 8, 2021 34:48


    To learn more about opportunity housing, please visit the Planning Department's Opportunity Housing webpage.

    Interim Housing: Is it A Game Changer for Housing the Homeless?

    Play Episode Listen Later May 19, 2021 55:20


    Learn more about the City's interim housing program: https://www.sanjoseca.gov/your-government/departments/housing/ending-homelessness/bridge-housing-communitiesCheck out SV@Home's Affordable Housing Month: https://siliconvalleyathome.org/events/#affordable-housing-month

    What Could the Future of Housing Look Like?

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 1, 2021 31:03


    2020 was a whirlwind year, challenging our collective notions about what the world around us should look like. Housing, already top of mind in California, became a national conversation. On today's episode, we're joined by David Friedlander, CEO of the Change Order Group, a climate and innovation-focused development company. We talk about what needs to change in the world of planning and development to ensure fewer people are unhoused, and what the future of housing might look like in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.Episode TranscriptSan José Housing Department: www.sjhousing.orgResearch by Issi Romem:"Young People Don't Want Construction Jobs. That's a Problem for the Housing Market." Wall Street Journal, 2018."Disparity in Departure:Who Leaves the Bay Area and Where Do They Go?" Terner Center for Housing Innovation, UC Berkeley."Phoenix has hit 100 degrees on record-breaking half of the days in 2020." Washington Post, 2020."Minimalism: A Documentary About the Important Things." Netflix, 2016."Making Room: Housing for a Changing America." National Building Museum exhibition, November 2017 - January 2019."Reinventing the Residential Hotel: One Way to Help Solve the Housing Crisis Affecting San Francisco and other American Cities." Panoramic Interests, 2017."Living downtown: the history of residential hotels in the United States." Paul Groth, 1994. San Jose State University Library Listing."In Stockholm, a Turn to Sharing Homes." New York Times, 2019."Vienna's Affordable Housing Paradise." Huffington Post, 2019.

    Santa Clara County's Continuum of Care

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 25, 2021 28:03


    Office of Supportive Housing for Santa Clara County: https://www.sccgov.org/sites/osh/Pages/home.aspxSan José Housing Department: www.sjhousing.orgContinuum of Care: https://www.sccgov.org/sites/osh/ContinuumofCare/Pages/home.aspxCommunity Plan to End Homelessness: https://housingtoolkit.sccgov.org/take-action/santa-clara-county-community-plan-end-homelessness-2020-20252016 Measure A Affordable Housing Bond: https://www.sccgov.org/sites/osh/HousingandCommunityDevelopment/AffordableHousingBond/Pages/home.aspxEpisode Transcript

    San José's Bridge Housing Communities

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 18, 2021 34:23


    San José Housing Department: www.sjhousing.orgHousing Ready Communities Action Network: www.destinationhomesv.org/hrcactionEpisode Transcript

    How Does the City Protect Renters and Landlords?

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 11, 2021 21:52


    A Housing-First Approach to Ending Homelessness

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 4, 2021 41:57


    San José Housing Department: www.sjhousing.orgPATH: epath.org/Destination: Home: www.destinationhomesv.orgHousing Ready Communities Action Network: https://destinationhomesv.org/hrcaction/Episode Transcript

    The People Behind San José's Homeless Response Team

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 25, 2021 34:19


    San José Housing Department: www.sjhousing.orgDestination: Home: www.destinationhomesv.orgSacred Heart Community Service: https://sacredheartcs.org/volunteer/HomeFirst Services: https://www.homefirstscc.org/how-to-supportLifeMoves: https://www.lifemoves.org/make-an-impact/Abode Services: https://www.abodeservices.org/ways-to-giveSilicon Valley Strong: https://www.siliconvalleystrong.orgEpisode Transcript

    Community Plan to End Homelessness

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 11, 2021 29:17


    Destination Home: www.destinationhomesv.orgHousing Ready Communities Action Network: https://destinationhomesv.org/hrcaction/San José Housing Department: www.sjhousing.orgEpisode Transcript 

    Coming Soon: Dwellings, from the City of San José Housing Department

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 20, 2021 0:47


    City of San José Housing Department: https://www.sanjoseca.gov/your-government/departments/housing

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