20-Year Plan

In partnership with the Full Circle Fund and Charities Housing Development Corporation, Bay Area LISC (Local Initiatives Support Corporation) commissioned this study to quantify the full extent of current affordable housing needs in Santa Clara County and to provide a basis for raising the capital needed to adequately house the county’s diverse population. Though a variety of local jurisdictions and nonprofit organizations across the region regularly prepare housing policy reports and strategies, this report will examine the housing crisis in Silicon Valley comprehensively and for the first time clearly delineate a solution to ending the crisis over the next 20 years.

The major issues analyzed in this report include:

What is the current need for affordable housing in Santa Clara County?
How much affordable housing has been produced in recent years?
What is the future unmet need for affordable housing?
What are yesterday’s trends and tomorrow’s prospects for federal, state and local affordable housing funding?
Are the existing funding sources sufficient to meet the future unmet need for affordable housing?
What are the economic benefits of affordable housing?