The Bay Area is home to a large homeless population, and San Jose is doing more to create resources for the homeless than other cities in the area.
Silicon Valley has seen property values climb and rents move higher and higher. That's meant more homeless in the area. "Tackling homelessness has emerged as a top priority in other large Bay Area cities, but local advocates say San Jose is leading the march," Ramona Giwargis writes for the Mercury News.
The city's planning commission is moving forward with four affordable housing projects, including some which will build tiny homes. "The tiny homes are also called 'sleeping cabins' or emergency bridge housing communities," Giwargis reports. The city has also refitted two formerly rundown hotels into homeless shelters.
FULL STORY: Affordable housing projects to fight homelessness advance in San Jose
Seattle mayor pledges to build 500 shelter units by June
The Seattle Times editorial board expresses cautious optimism about the mayor's ambitious supportive housing plan.
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More than a century ago, San Francisco mobilized to house thousands of residents displaced by the 1906 earthquake. Could their strategy offer a model for the present?
Tiny Homes are a First—but not Last—Step in Ending Homelessness
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The state-sanctioned urbicide of Austin
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US to reduce Colorado River water deliveries to Mexico
A new Colorado Treaty amendment reduces Mexico’s Colorado River water allocation by 250,000 acre feet.
New Jersey’s second-largest city bans standalone data centers
Jersey City will continue to allow co-location facilities, such as those meant for research institutions that store their own data.
Amtrak not solely to blame for New Jersey commuter rail's unreliability, report finds
A new study from the Garden State Initiative found that NJ Transit’s budget grew 20% across a 4 year period, but reliability declined significantly over the same period.
EPA erases limits on planet-warming pollution from power plants
Under Monday’s plan, power plants would still have some limits on how much mercury, arsenic and other contaminants they can emit.
Phoenix announces new on-demand transit service, more frequent RAPID buses
Both new services will launch in October, and are part of Phoenix's Project Effective Access Solutions for Easing Congestion.
FREE Course: Walkable City 1: Why Walkability?
After describing his path towards focusing on walkability as the essence of good planning, Jeff Speck marches through his five principal reasons for making more walkable places.
Reinventing Malls: Planning Alchemy—Turning Gray Fields Into Gold
The course focuses on the opportunities and imperatives that shape reinvention of mall sites.
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