Affordable Housing Week Policy Breakfast 2017

Coming Together: Can We Agree on How to Respond to our Housing Crisis?SV@Home is hosting their Affordable Housing Week Policy Breakfast on May 12th! Join the discussion as affordable housing leaders and experts address solutions and tackle hard questions around the housing crisis. Panel: Emmett Carson, CEO and President of the Silicon Valley Community Foundation (Moderator)California State Senator Scott Wiener, 11th DistrictCalifornia State Assemblymember Ash Kalra, 27th DistrictCarolyn Coleman, Executive Director of the League of CA CitiesPaul Nieto, Executive Vice President of Signature Development Group and 2016-2017 Chairman…

Free – $100

Data Science for Housing Affordability

University of California Berkeley, College of Environmental Design 230 Wurster Hall, room 170, Berkeley, CA, United States

The Urban Data Science Workshop (CP290E) brought students together to collaborate on developing skills in data science and apply them to a common theme of housing affordability.  We developed web scraping tools to collect data from online Craigslist rental listings and shared room listings, Airbnb listings, and Redfin sales transactions, for the entire United States.  From the past few months we have now accumulated over 5 million rental listings, enabling us to analyze detailed spatial and temporal patterns in rents. …

What Should the Region Be Doing About Housing?

SPUR San Jose 76 South First Street, San Jose, CA, United States

It's no secret that the Bay Area is grappling with a regional housing shortage and all the negative consequences that come with it. Many argue that this is a regional issue that that needs a regional vision and regional tools. What is the role of regional government on housing? How can jurisdictions better collaborate across boundaries? Come tackle these thorny questions with our panel. Co-presented by Northern California APA and SV@Home. Panel:+ Leslye Corsiglia / Silicon Valley @ Home+ Ken Kirkey / Metropolitan…

Free – $10

CCHO Housers Happy Hour

DaDa Bar 65 Post Street, San Francisco, CA, United States

Join CCHO and affordable housing supporters for a Housing Happy Hour in San Francisco. This is an opportunity for folks interested in learning more about the affordable housing movement and activism to connect with organizers, activists, and supporters. For more information and to RSVP.