SAN JOSE HOUSING

Brookings Institution, Metropolitan Policy Program. (national think tank). The following are more “articles” than “policy reports”:

Anthony Downs, Senior Fellow, Metropolitan Policy Program. 2003. “Growth Management, Smart Growth, And Affordable Housing.” (webpage) Housing, Cities. Keynote speech given at Brookings Symposium on the Relationship Between Affordable Housing and Growth Management.

Bruce Katz, Vice President and Director, Metropolitan Policy Program. 2002. “Where is Affordable Housing on the National Agenda?” (webpage) Housing, Education, Welfare, Working Poor. Fannie Mae Foundation 2002 Annual Housing Conference.

Robert Puentes, Fellow, Metropolitan Policy Program. 2004. “Reframing the Challenges and Opportunities for Affordable Housing.” Housing, Cities. (pdf of a Powerpoint) The Brookings Institution. “This presentation by Robert Puentes was presented at a conference in Arlington, VA on meeting affordable housing challenges in communities facing high land values, little available land, and increasing public concern about growth and density. It focuses on large themes and argues that affordable housing must be connected to much larger pieces of the national, state and local domestic policy agenda.”

Robert Puentes, Fellow, Metropolitan Policy Program. 2007. “A Review of New Urban Demographics and Impacts on Housing.” (pdf of a Powerpoint) Housing, Cities, Sprawl, First Suburbs. National Multi Housing Council Research Forum. “this presentation Robert Puentes provides a deeper understanding of trends that are impacting metropolitan America and how those trends may impact the demand for multi-family housing in the coming decades. The presentation stresses several key points including dramatic changes in household formation, the plight of older, inner-ring “first” suburbs, and the increasing diversity reflected in both cities and suburban areas.”

The Oakland Tribune.

Cecily Burt and Kelly Rayburn. 02/14/2008. “Developers bash housing plan: Dellums’ proposed affordable-units policy could cause costly delays, alliance says.”

Kelly Rayburn. 03/05/2008. “Chang grilled over housing: Oakland councilmember signals accord with mayor, activists.”

Kelly Rayburn. 02/20/2008. “Affordable housing hot topic at council: Inclusionary zoning would force developers to learn ‘how to share.’”

Kelly Rayburn. 02/19/2008. “Low-income housing demands remain high in Oakland: City Council to debate proposal from developers.”

Katherine Tam. 08/27/2007. “Regional housing plan is unveiled: Officials from wealthier communities say they lack land, funds to build affordable homes.” The Association of Bay Area Governments asks some affluent communities to bear some of the weight for affordable housing demands in the coming years.

Lisa Vorderbrueggen. 02/21/2008. “Millions of acres threatened by sprawl. Study says vast amount of California farmland will be paved in coming years.”

The San Francisco Chronicle.

Dana Perrigan. 11/04/2007. “Low-cost housing developer makes dreams come true.” Human interest story on BRIDGE Housing affordable housing project.

Carol Lloyd. 03/23/2007. “Helpful hints for navigating the affordable-housing marketplace.” The author has some tips for entering developer lotteries.

Wyatt Buchanan. 01/09/2008. “Major housing measure set for S.F.’s November ballot.”

Wyatt Buchanan. 12/12/2007. “S.F. supes plan ballot measure on affordable housing.”

Wyatt Buchanan. 12/05/2007. “Daly’s measure would set aside taxes for affordable S.F. housing.”

Wyatt Buchanan. 04/25/2007. “San Francisco: Supervisors vote to add $28 million for housing: Newsom says that would force cuts everywhere else.”

Tim Holt. 06/03/2007. “Home prices’ hard lesson: As families leave S.F., schools struggle to attract those left.” The author discusses the relationship between affordable housing and the San Francisco public school population.

Tim Holt. 04/08/2007. “Opinion. How San Francisco Can Keep Its Families From Moving Out: Build new housing along Market St., Geary, Taraval.”

NTanya Lee. 05/10/2007. “Open Forum: Housing S.F. families.” The Executive Director of Coleman Advocates for Children and Youth offers her take on the housing crisis in San Francisco and its discontents for children.

Robert Selna. 02/26/2008. “Octavia Blvd. housing debate.” Some supervisors advocate raising fees for developers, but the Mayor and others fear that it will drive them away.

Robert Selna. 02/12/2008. “S.F. supes, planners spar over developments.” Report on various plans for affordable housing in San Francisco.

Robert Selna. 08/21/2007. “Anti-gentrification forces stymie housing development.”

James Temple. 02/14/2008. “California home prices still unaffordable.” Report on the landmark study, “Locked Out 2008: The Housing Boom and Beyond,” the study done by the California Budget Project of Sacramento.

The San Jose Mercury News.

Chuck Reed and Sam Liccardo. 01/30/2008. “BART is a necessary ingredient in plan for a growing Silicon Valley.”

Deborah Lohse. 01/07/2007. “New planning chief wants to bring back the long view.” Article on opinions and views of the new San Jose planning head, Joseph Horwedel.

Katherine Conrad. 03/03/2008. “Developer caught in middle of S.J. conversion policy change.” Article on Chuck Reed and policies of converting industrial to housing.

Katherine Conrad. 02/12/2008. “Spaces & Places: Lawsuit delays BAREC Plan.” Charities Housing and Summerhill Homes were given the go-ahead by Measures A&B, but BAREC delayed for building near Valley Fair.

Mercury News Editorial. 03/11/2008. “Planning Coyote must not mean hasty development.”

Sue McAllister. 03/05/2008. “FHA raises mortgage limits in Santa Clara, other counties.” Article about the Federal Housing Authority raising of the amount of federal loan guarantees in Silicon Valley and other places in the Bay Area.

Sue McAllister. 1/2/2008. “Building a better home buyer.” Article about affordable housing developer South County Housing.

Sue McAllister. 12/12/2006. “S.J. falls off Top 10 list of least affordable places to rent. But don’t get too excited – it’s No. 11.”

Rose Meily. 03/11/2008. For the Los Gatos Weekly-Times. “COMMENTARY: Conforming loans good, but won’t happen overnight.” Article about the Federal Housing Authority raising of the amount of federal loan guarantees in Silicon Valley and other places in the Bay Area.

Cathy Weselby. Bay Area News Group. 02/07/2008. “Campbell’s affordable housing project drops from 40 to 24 units.” Article about the effects of the subprime mortgage crisis on a Charities housing affordable housing development.

National Low-Income Housing Coalition, Washington D.C. (national nonprofit) has an extensive resource of Federal Housing Authority guidelines, regulations, and news, which includes basic overviews for housing advocates and news and memos to members of the NLIHC in the following areas (all html): Affordable Housing Preservation, Census, Community Development Block Grant (CDBG), Community Reinvestment Act (CRA), Converting Tenant-Based Vouchers to Project-Based Vouchers, Disaster Relief and Planning, FMRs, Fair Housing, Federal Housing Administration (FHA), Federal Housing Program, Government Sponsored Enterprises (GSEs), HOME, Homelessness, Housing Choice Vouchers, Low Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC), Mark-to-Market and Expiring Project-Based Section 8, Military Housing, Project-Based Rental Assistance, Public Housing, Rural Housing Policy, Rural Preservation, Violence Against Women Act

Shelterforce, the Journal of Affordable Housing and Community Building. A project of the National Housing Institute. Montclair, NJ. Full-text online back to 1994.