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Ending homelessness in Silicon Valley

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We can solve our community’s homelessness crisis.

The 🔑 is scaling proven solutions and building more affordable housing – ESPECIALLY for the members of our community who are experiencing or at risk of homelessness #HousingEndsHomelessness

Learn more: https://t.co/EficmdbkKW

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Why is homelessness so bad here in the Bay Area? A recent analysis by Bay Area News Group found: high rents are the clearest factor separating the Bay Area from many other regions, worsening the other pressures that can push residents into homelessness.

To address our homelessness crisis, communities need a multipronged and housing-centered approach that supports people in both the short-term and long-term. That means helping people stay housed while building more affordable housing.

Read more by @mercnews: https://t.co/hGAHXTDVay

#BayArea #HomelessnessIsSolvable #HousingEndsHomelessness

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Ending Affordable Housing Month on a high note by breaking ground on RISE! 🏗️✨

RISE will soon bring 195 new apartments for our lowest-income households – including homes for formerly homeless families – just steps away from the Berryessa VTA transit hub and BART station. 🚆

And when we say “soon,” we mean it. RISE is coming online faster and for less, thanks to support from the Bay Area Housing Innovation Fund. This support also helped the project better leverage public funding sources, including the transformative Measure A affordable housing bond.

Today’s celebration marks more than the start of construction – it demonstrates what’s possible when cross-sector partners work together with urgency and shared purpose to deliver the homes our community desperately needs.

We're grateful to the deep network of partners making this moment possible, including the @SCCgov, @sjcityhousing, @VTA, @SCChousing, Housing Accelerator Fund, and @AffirmedHousing.

We look forward to welcoming residents home to RISE soon!

#AffordableHousing #AffordableHousingMonth #SantaClaraCounty #TransitOrientedDevelopment #groundbreaking #BayAreaHousingInnovationFund

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Construction on Corso Apartments is officially underway! 🏗️✨

Located in a vibrant downtown Mountain View neighborhood, this site, formerly known as Lot 12, is being transformed into a 100% affordable housing development. Corso will soon provide 120 new transit-oriented homes for residents earning some of the lowest incomes in our community, including people experiencing homelessness.

Today’s groundbreaking for Corso is not only a milestone years in the making — it reflects the deep commitment of our public and private partners to creating housing that ends and prevents homelessness. We’re grateful to the City of Mountain View, the County of Santa Clara, the Santa Clara County Housing Authority, Alta Housing, Related Housing, and many others for making this milestone possible.

The Measure A Affordable Housing Bond also helped move this project forward. 💪

We can’t wait to celebrate the next milestone: welcoming residents home! 🏘️

#MountainView #SantaClaraCounty #AffordableHousing #AffordableHousingMonth

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🚨 CA needs $1B for HHAP to keep housing programs, shelter beds, outreach teams, and local homelessness response efforts running across the state. Join us in spreading the word & urging our state leaders to fight for this funding in the final budget. #FundHHAP #CABudget @BC@BCHcoalition

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🆕 @SALASeries features @DSTNHome CEO Jen Loving and nationally recognized homelessness policy expert & former Executive Director @USICHgov, Jeff Olivet, in a conversation about what it takes to reduce homelessness at scale. 🔊 Listen here: https://t.co/5nBGR1EBHY
CC: @DalenCuff @McNuttMonica

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We’re excited to welcome our newest team member, Vivian Dang (she/her)! 🎉

Vivian possesses a strong background in nonprofit development and operations, having previously worked at Child Advocates of Silicon Valley and West Valley Community Services. As our Development & Administration Officer, she’ll manage grants and contracts while supporting our fundraising and cross-departmental operations.

We’re so glad to have you, Vivian!

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#ICYMI Stephan Jackson from the Santa Clara County Office of Supportive Housing talked about affordable and supportive housing at our "Affordable Housing: Myths, Solutions & Community Voices" event, held in honor of Affordable Housing Month with SVatHome. Watch to learn more. ⬇️

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Join us tomorrow at noon at Tully Library for A Complex Crisis: Understanding the Drivers of Homelessness and Supportive Approaches! Presented in collaboration with the San José Public Library and as part of Affordable Housing Month with @svathome, this event will explore what’s pushing people into homelessness and how our local system is responding.

Learn from local experts! Destination: Home’s Maureen Damrel will moderate a panel featuring:
🎤 County of Santa Clara Office of Supportive Housing’s Alejandra Herrera Chávez
🎤 The United Effort Organization, Inc.’s Charlie
🎤 Sacred Heart Community Service’s Pauline Bayati
🎤 City of San José Housing Department's Vanessa Butera

No RSVP is needed. We hope to see you there!

#SantaClaraCounty #SanJose #AffordableHousingMonth #event #homelessness #HomelessnessPrevention #MyConnectSV

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Today Destination: Home’s Chad Bojorquez joined Homebase’s Saadiqah Islam and LEABsv’s Elizabeth Colorado at the Housing First Partners Conference to share strategies for people-centered and data-driven narrative change to support #HousingFirst. #HFPC2026

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Preventing homelessness is one of the most effective & humane ways to address CA’s housing crisis. We were encouraged to hear so much discussion about it, including references to our very own local model, during the @nytimes California Gubernatorial Forum. Creating lasting solutions will require strong collaboration across the public & private sectors to meet the scale & urgency of the need. https://t.co/stFF6PHvWG

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Welcoming residents home is our favorite way to celebrate #AffordableHousingMonth, and today, we’re celebrating the grand opening of Mitchell Park Place - 50 affordable homes in #PaloAlto! 🏘️✨
Congratulations to @edenhousing @sccgov @cityofpaloalto @scchousing @abilitypath!

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Last night we held a community conversation about affordable and supportive housing – what they are, where they’re being built, and how they help people find stability. 🏘️💬Through data and real experiences, we learned how important access to affordable housing is in ending and preventing homelessness. TY to everyone who joined us including @sjcityhousing and others.

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What is affordable and supportive housing? How do they work? Join us tomorrow at the Alum Rock Library to find out. We’ll explore common misconceptions and the local efforts helping people move from homelessness to stability. RSVP: https://t.co/eBR0QAHq4F

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Homelessness prevention works.

✔ Backed by research
✔ Reduced shelter entry
✔ Saves $2.47 for every $1 invested
✔ 90% of high-risk familes stay housed

The evidence is clear. Now we want to scale it nationwide: https://t.co/ykFYjxbE5C

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Congratulations to Wei and Claire on receiving CBS’s Icon Award! 👏 We are continuously inspired by your compassion for our unhoused residents and grateful for the incredible work The United Effort Organization, Inc. does for our community.

https://t.co/0ZSBlbewkP

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Rising costs hit vulnerable populations, especially seniors living on fixed and extremely low incomes, the hardest. Many older adults in our community are forced to make impossible trade-offs every month as a result.

Our Aging with Dignity pilot program with @sacredheartcs is providing guaranteed income to help bridge the financial gap.

Because our seniors deserve to live with stability and dignity.

Learn more: https://t.co/IeE116xS9D

#GuaranteedIncome #AgingWithDignity

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Destination: Home and supportive housing system partners are creating spaces for honest conversations about affordable housing and other proven solutions to homelessness. 💬🏘️

Learn more & join us: https://t.co/WrzNXDyTXT

#AffordableHousingMonth #SantaClaraCounty #event

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More than 20,000 people are no longer homeless. They’re now housed, thanks to our community’s collective efforts to end and prevent homelessness since 2020. See how our community will keep the momentum going: https://t.co/xZRWfJujR9

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Seniors shouldn’t have to choose between paying for rent, food, or medicine, but that’s the reality for so many low-income older adults in our community. We’re working with @sacredheartcs to provide vulnerable seniors with #GuaranteedIncome so they don’t have to choose. It’s already making a difference. Learn about our #AgingWithDignity pilot program: https://t.co/IeE116xS9D

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Big moment ahead. 🎤 Our CEO, Jen Loving, is gearing up for #TED2026 in Vancouver. Soon, she’ll share how communities can stop homelessness before it starts. Thank you, @TheAudaciousPrj, for the opportunity to do so. Go Jen!

#RightatHomeUSA #StopHomelessnessBeforeItStarts #AudaciousProject #TEDTalk