Touring San Jose’s Newest Modular Homes

After breaking ground in late 2017, construction on Second Street Studios, a new affordable housing development just a half mile from downtown San Jose, progressed posthaste. Its secret? Modular construction, which allowed units built off-site to be connected together like supersized Legos. The building, whose 135 units provide permanent supportive housing for extremely low-income households, also features over 9,000 square feet of retail space and is expected to receive LEED Platinum certification. Join us as we tour this important project.…

$10

ELPN: Insurance 101 – Untangling All the Confusion

NPH Conference Room 369 Pine Street, Suite 310,, San Francisco, CA, United States

This event is currently sold out. To be added to the waitlist, please email hilda@nonprofithousing.org.  Back by popular demand is Insurance Training 101! General Liability, Builders Risk, CCIP, OCIP, Workers Comp, Professional Liability, Waiver of subrogation, Errors & Omissions! Is your head spinning? Let us help you unwind the complexities of insurance related to affordable housing development. Justin Dove of Arthur J. Gallagher will give a presentation on insurance types and common issues in affordable housing development. Justin will also…

$10

Brown Bag: Reducing Barriers to Affordable Housing for Homeless Applicants: Implementing a Homeless Preference (WEBINAR TRAINING)

Reducing Barriers to Affordable Housing for Homeless Applicants: Implementing a Homeless Preference (Webinar Training) Housing organizations intend to serve people with the fewest options, but our long waiting lists, background checks, and complicated application processes fall especially hard on homeless applicants. This Brown Bag explores policy innovations such as HUD’s Opening Doors pilot, in which owners voluntarily adopt preferences for homeless applicants. SAHA requested and received HUD approval to establish a preference for homeless applicants in some subsidized units, opening…

$20

CASA Means Homes

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

In 2018, the Metropolitan Transportation Commission convened a group of Bay Area housing experts and stakeholders to discuss housing solutions for the region. The result, the CASA Compact, is a package of policies being moved forward in 2019 with the goal of increasing housing production, preserving existing affordable housing and protecting vulnerable populations from displacement. Come learn more about the compact and what it might mean for San Jose and the South Bay. + Leslye Corsiglia / SV @ Home +…

Free – $10