Housing

In Hindsight: Is there any hope for Silicon Valley's home, job ... - San Jose Mercury News border=

In Hindsight: Is there any hope for Silicon Valley's home, job … - San Jose Mercury News

San Jose Mercury News,  USA
"All of those numbers are far higher than they should be in a healthy housing market." When happy days are here again, can anything be done to make sure we avoid a repeat of this Great Recession? In our nation's capital, President Barack Obama proposed …
The San Francisco Examiner

East Bay jobless rate soars to highest level since 1990 - San Jose Mercury News border=

East Bay jobless rate soars to highest level since 1990 - San Jose Mercury News

San Jose Mercury News,  USA
The big problem for the economy: Consumers can no longer use big gains in stock prices or housing values as a sort of piggy bank for spending, Haveman said. Those bulwarks of consumerism have toppled. "There is no ATM left for the consumer to tap," …

Greenbriar Homes wants $5.31 million back - Palo Alto Online border=

Greenbriar Homes wants $5.31 million back - Palo Alto Online

Palo Alto Online, CA
Although mcnellis could not comment on the lawsuit, he earlier told the Weekly, when Greenbriar's withdrawal became known, that the pullout was due to the recession and slump in the housing market. Ironically, the City Council in late January gave the …

Capitola City Council debates housing locations - San Jose Mercury News border=

Capitola City Council debates housing locations - San Jose Mercury News

San Jose Mercury News,  USA
By JONDI GUMZ CAPITOLA - The Capitola Gardens apartments on 46th Avenue would be a poor choice for more high-density housing to meet a state mandate, four City Council members said Thursday night. Mayor Bob Begun and Councilmen Ron Graves, …

CalPERS Money Fuels Ellis Act Evictions in East Palo Alto - Bay Area Indymedia border=

CalPERS Money Fuels Ellis Act Evictions in East Palo Alto - Bay Area Indymedia

Bay Area Indymedia, CA
by Dean Preston via Beyond Chron Thursday, June 18, 2009 : After gobbling up half the rental housing stock of East Palo Alto and aggressively raising rents, Page Mill Properties has invoked the controversial Ellis Act to evict tenants in the small city …

REDWOOD CITY: FORUM TO BE HELD ON EL CAMINO REAL TRANSFORMATION - CBS 5 border=

REDWOOD CITY: FORUM TO BE HELD ON EL CAMINO REAL TRANSFORMATION - CBS 5

CBS 5, CA
… comprised of a collaboration of cities, government agencies and community leaders in San Mateo and Santa Clara counties, encourages cities to design neighborhoods on El Camino Real similar to those in European cities, marked by a mix of housing, …

Nonprofit housing developer seeks to purchase Watsonville complex - San Jose Mercury News border=

Nonprofit housing developer seeks to purchase Watsonville complex - San Jose Mercury News

San Jose Mercury News,  USA
Mid-Peninsula Housing Coalition, a Foster City-based nonprofit housing developer, plans to purchase the 200-unit complex for $6 million and will ask for a $125000 loan from the city redevelopment agency to cover an assessment of the property. …
Daily Review Online

Pair from Menlo Park, Atherton help fund high-speed rail lawsuit - San Jose Mercury News border=

Pair from Menlo Park, Atherton help fund high-speed rail lawsuit - San Jose Mercury News

San Jose Mercury News,  USA
On April 30, they rounded up 30 people from 15 different neighborhoods across the Peninsula to testify in front of the state Senate Transportation and Housing Committee during a high-speed rail hearing. Allard said committee members told them …

MV council to vet Grant-Levin project - Los Altos Town Crier border=

MV council to vet Grant-Levin project - Los Altos Town Crier

Los Altos Town Crier, CA
Some Los Altos residents in that area have expressed concern that traffic from the 14.5-acre housing complex would adversely impact the Covington Road neighborhood. A draft environmental impact report estimated the project would generate an additional …

Stanford offers Palo Alto $ 124M in benefits to offset impacts of ... - San Jose Mercury News border=

Stanford offers Palo Alto $ 124M in benefits to offset impacts of … - San Jose Mercury News

San Jose Mercury News,  USA
By Diana Samuels Stanford University Medical Center is offering Palo Alto $124 million in housing, traffic reduction and other community benefits to offset the impacts of its proposed $3.5 billion, 1.3 million-square-foot hospital expansion project, …
Palo Alto Online
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