In San Jose, the city is facing double deadline pressure. The Bay Area’s largest city has yet to have its housing element certified by the state, though a draft is under review by the housing department.

The state is expanding mortgage relief to more California homeowners who are struggling through the pandemic. The program now covers second mortgages and loan deferrals, with a maximum total grant of $80,000.

Sale prices in some counties in 2022 are increasing at half the rate of a year ago, and total home sales in the Bay Area in May were 11.5 percent lower than last year.

The last statewide eviction protections for low-income California tenants affected by COVID-19 ended July 1, but many still haven’t heard back about their rent relief applications.

Santa Clara County will receive $16.7 million to buy and convert the Crestview Hotel in Mountain View into 48 housing units for chronically homeless residents, homeless youth and young people at risk of becoming homeless. The county has already approved spending roughly $23 million on the project in addition to the state funding, which means each apartment unit will cost approximately $827,000. 

The real estate deal by the online retail giant marks its second acquisition in Gilroy and extends its footprint — and jobs potential — deeper into South Santa Clara County.

The new 28-story mixed-use residential project will eventually have an estimated 1,000 residents in 630 units, one of a number of new buildings praised by the San Jose Downtown Association at its annual meeting as contributing to a new “really distinct skyline” for San Jose.

Fresh from beating back a recall, the governor signed a package of bills to address the California housing crisis. But what do these new laws mean for housing affordability in a state where median home prices have already shot past $800,000?

Without any development from the tech giant since 2015, dozens moved onto the dilapidated property off Orchard Parkway and Charcot Avenue.

Since its 2015 inception, ReMet's developers, Santa Clara lobbyists and elected officials had at least 17 closed door meetings

The bill, SB 7, will take effect immediately, as it was approved as a so-called emergency statute.

Cupertino electeds adopted the new density rules seemingly unaware of a letter from the state warning the ordinance violated California law.

The county hopes to purchase and build homes on several sites to reach its goal of 4,800 new units by 2027. 

Google is creating a post-pandemic workplace that will accommodate employees who got used to working from home over the past year.

Google’s generosity toward San Jose has appeased some critics but has not addressed all concerns over long-term housing affordability.

The program came in response to state housing goals, but a new proposal for a 24-unit apartment building has put residents on edge.