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June 22, 2015
Our friends at Destination Home took an unprecedented in-depth look at the cost of homelessness in Santa Clara County. Their cost study, Home Not Found: The Cost of Homelessness in Silicon Valley, found that while a homeless person costs the county on average $62,473/year while homeless, the average post-housing cost is just $19,767 – over $42.5k in cost reduction. Home Not Found points to myriad possibilities that can move us towards ending homelessness while saving the community money. It is the largest and most comprehensive…
September 8, 2015
Our partners at the Sonoma County Community Development Commission recently released Building HOMES, a Policy Maker’s Toolbox for Ending Homelessness. This toolkit provides an understanding of the needs and opportunities to end homelessness in Sonoma County by 2025, by reviewing proven strategies, proposing new initiatives and acknowledging the hard choices, substantial investments and committed action that will be required. For those of you outside of Sonoma county, read through the executive summary and pull out elements and solutions that relate to your…
March 2, 2016
Powerful voices of residents fighting homelessness, family separation, and the danger of renewed segregation in the Bay Area dominated the summit on housing and affordability hosted by MTC and ABAG on Feb. 20.
June 21, 2016
Housing and homeless advocates call for the Santa Clara County Supervisors to invest in people and affordable homes, in this Op-Ed published in the Mercury News. Ending homelessness is within reach with the $950M proposed bond!
June 21, 2016
Today, the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously to place an affordable housing bond on the November ballot, an important effort to drive new revenue for affordable housing across Santa Clara County.
July 5, 2016
A recap of the coverage on the homelessness crisis during the June 29th media blitz #SFhomelessproject
July 5, 2016
"This is such an exciting moment," said Fishman. "We're seeing a convergence of political leadership and voter support bringing it to the fore."
October 11, 2016
“The first order of business is to get people into a safe and decent place,” he said. “It’s a humanitarian crisis in the city of San Jose. We think we can create a pilot and model here that would be transferable to other jurisdictions.” - NPH Policy Director Michael Lane
October 11, 2016
NPH Policy Director Michael Lane talked with Rosemary Chalmers on KSCO 1080's Good Morning Monterey Bay about NPH-supported Assembly Bill 2176 (Campos). This groundbreaking legislation taking effect in January 2017, allows the City of San Jose to build tiny homes on city-owned property as a pilot program to focus on the homelessness crisis, while permanent, supportive, affordable housing is built.
November 1, 2016
The moment we've all been waiting for, Election Day on Tuesday, November 8 is almost here! If you vote by mail, make your choices (we recommend YES on housing measures in San Mateo, Alameda and Santa Clara Counties!), and if you vote at the polls, find your polling place and make a plan for when to vote (and did we mention YES on housing measures?). Whichever method you choose for casting your own vote, helping others make their voices heard and their votes counted is critically important.
September 19, 2022
Prop. 27 would rake in millions for homelessness. So why don’t homeless advocates support it?