Dwellings

Dwellings

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Dwellings episodes

  • What Could the Future of Housing Look Like?

    2020 was a whirlwind year, challenging our collective notions about what the world around us should look like. Housing, already top of mind in California, became a national conversation. On today’s episode, we’re joined by David Friedlander, CEO of the Change Order Group, a climate and innovation-focused development company. We talk about what needs to change in the world of planning and development to ensure fewer people are unhoused, and what the future of housing might look like in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.

    Episode Transcript

    San José Housing Department: www.sjhousing.org

    Research by Issi Romem:

    • "Young People Don’t Want Construction Jobs. That’s a Problem for the Housing Market." Wall Street Journal, 2018.
    • "Disparity in Departure:Who Leaves the Bay Area and Where Do They Go?" Terner Center for Housing Innovation, UC Berkeley.

    "Phoenix has hit 100 degrees on record-breaking half of the days in 2020." Washington Post, 2020.

    "Minimalism: A Documentary About the Important Things." Netflix, 2016.

    "Making Room: Housing for a Changing America." National Building Museum exhibition, November 2017 - January 2019.

    "Reinventing the Residential Hotel: One Way to Help Solve the Housing Crisis Affecting San Francisco and other American Cities." Panoramic Interests, 2017.

    "Living downtown: the history of residential hotels in the United States." Paul Groth, 1994. San Jose State University Library Listing.

    "In Stockholm, a Turn to Sharing Homes." New York Times, 2019.

    "Vienna’s Affordable Housing Paradise." Huffington Post, 2019.

    32 min
  • Santa Clara County’s Continuum of Care

    Office of Supportive Housing for Santa Clara County: https://www.sccgov.org/sites/osh/Pages/home.aspx

    San José Housing Department: www.sjhousing.org

    Continuum of Care: https://www.sccgov.org/sites/osh/ContinuumofCare/Pages/home.aspx

    Community Plan to End Homelessness: https://housingtoolkit.sccgov.org/take-action/santa-clara-county-community-plan-end-homelessness-2020-2025

    2016 Measure A Affordable Housing Bond: https://www.sccgov.org/sites/osh/HousingandCommunityDevelopment/AffordableHousingBond/Pages/home.aspx

    Episode Transcript

    29 min
  • The People Behind San José’s Homeless Response Team

    San José Housing Department: www.sjhousing.org

    Destination: Home: www.destinationhomesv.org

    Sacred Heart Community Service: https://sacredheartcs.org/volunteer/

    HomeFirst Services: https://www.homefirstscc.org/how-to-support

    LifeMoves: https://www.lifemoves.org/make-an-impact/

    Abode Services: https://www.abodeservices.org/ways-to-give

    Silicon Valley Strong: https://www.siliconvalleystrong.org

    Episode Transcript

    35 min
  • What Is Opportunity Housing?
    Cities across the country are trying to find ways to build more housing; one path some cities are taking is to create “opportunity housing” through updating current zoning codes to allow for more density on smaller plots of land. You’ve probably seen this type of housing in your neighborhood: duplexes, triplexes, and fourplexes, in what appears to be one single-family home. Today we’re joined by Michael Lane, Director of SPUR San José, a regional nonprofit public policy organization, to learn more about opportunity housing in San José and the greater Bay Area.
    28 min

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Dwellings is a podcast from the City of San José Housing Department, where we discuss ending homelessness, building affordable housing, and housing policy at the City and State level with local experts in the field.