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Affordable Housing

Assemblymember Alex Lee wants to bring social housing to California

In late January, California State Assemblymember Alex Lee (District 24) introduced AB 309, which seeks to address the shortage of affordable housing now spanning...

With HUD contract set to expire, residents ask Milpitas City Council to save Sunnyhills Apartments

At Tuesday’s Milpitas City Council meeting, a group of Sunnyhills Apartment residents came out to ask for the City’s help in saving one of...

Sunnyhills tenants at risk of losing apartments, seek help of Milpitas community

This article has been updated.  The tenants of the Sunnyhills apartments are at risk of losing their homes after the owner of the complex, JMK...

Community voices disappointment after Milpitas City Council votes to postpone item on moderate income housing

At this past Tuesday’s Milpitas City Council meeting, over 100 community members were present -- both in-person and over Zoom -- to speak on...

State requires Milpitas to double housing production

After falling behind on its state-mandated housing goals, the city of Milpitas will need to permit more units than ever before in the coming...

The unhoused find shelter at Hillview Court Apartments in Milpitas

Upon entering Hillview Court Apartments (formerly Extended Stay America), one encounters a wide front lobby. Every day, a resident comes down to it to...

Milpitas City Council approves revised ADU plan

The Milpitas City Council Tuesday voted 4-1 -- with Councilmember Karina Dominguez dissenting -- to approve a revised five-acre, single-family home development on North...

Sunnyhills Neighbhorhood developer plans 44 new residential units

Real estate developer JMK Investments held its first community meeting in November to present its plans for a new 44-unit development in Milpitas’s Sunnyhills...

Terrace Gardens celebrates 30-year anniversary

Out of all the great things going on in Milpitas that one could celebrate right now, the fact that Terrace Gardens has been in...

Open letter to the Milpitas City Council: “Milpitas rents are NOT SUSTAINABLE.”

Dear Mayor, Councilmembers, and Housing Subcommittee Staff,   “The cost of rental housing in Milpitas and the region has soared in recent years, as the pace...

Milpitas Mayor and Vice Mayor clash over affordable housing

Mayor Rich Tran and Vice Mayor Karina Dominguez have clashed publicly on Facebook in the past couple of days, following a City Council vote...

What’s New in Milpitas: Housing Subcommittee Starts Meeting, Mayor Enters Assemblymember Race, & More

New Housing Subcommittee Starts Meeting   On Tuesday, May 21, the Housing Subcommittee occupied by Councilmembers Bob Nuñez and Carmen Montano met for the first...

Tenants in Milpitas Demand Protections

It’s raining out. But that does nothing to deter Ana Naranjo and Veronica Salce from walking the streets and knocking on apartment doors. Both...

Families in Milpitas are being Evicted from their Homes

    In mid-September, an unfamiliar woman approached Ana Naranjo’s apartment door. She then handed Naranjo a sheet of paper, demanding that she sign it.   Naranjo...

Approved: New South Main Street Development with 220 Residential Units

    At the last City Council meeting (on October 16), the Milpitas City Council approved forward motion on the “Main Street Milpitas” project, a 7-story,...

Things just got interesting with affordable housing in Milpitas

    When it comes to affordable housing, Milpitas is leaning all the way in. At a special City Council meeting on Tuesday, June 12, several...

Milpitas taking an active role in tackling affordable housing crisis

  This past Saturday, May 12, 2018, Milpitas Mayor Rich Tran and Silicon Valley Leadership Group’s Nathan Ho moderated Housing Tour 2018, for the sake...

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