Thank you to everyone who attended our Town Hall on how we can create a more inclusive city through an ambitious Housing Element!
We had over 80 attendees, and were able to change some hearts and minds, as well as hear from all of you! Event details below for those who missed it! 😊
Event Title: Envisioning an Inclusive Cupertino—Housing Element Town Hall
Date: 10/13; 6-7:30pm
Topics: Affordable Housing, the Housing Element, Zoning & Land Use Reform
Speakers:
Assemblymember Evan Low
Abdullah Memon (Monta Vista Student and Affordable Housing Resident)
Bianca L. Neumann (EAH Housing)--Affordable Housing Developer
Matthew Reed (Silicon Valley at Home)
Nadia Aziz (SV Law Foundation)
Mair Dundon--Affordable Housing Resident and Community Advocate
Description: The Housing Element gives Cupertino the opportunity to change our community for the better—to open doors for new neighbors, while also promoting sustainability and affordability. This statewide process is currently ongoing to require Cupertino to plan for thousands of new homes, and your voice is crucial to ensuring that we craft a Housing Element that promotes homes for all! Our new Housing Element will shape housing policy for decades to come!
Join numerous Cupertino residents for a Community Visioning conversation about Cupertino’s future—we will be joined by affordable housing developers, experts in housing policy, community leaders, and city residents.
Cupertino is a highly desirable place to be—for its excellent schools, high-paying job opportunities, and proximity to the rest of the Bay Area, which has grown tremendously. In many ways, we have become a victim of our own success because we have failed to build the necessary housing at all income levels to support a growing community.
Cupertino has added 14 times as many low wage jobs relative to the number of affordable homes—the worst jobs-housing ratio in Santa Clara County and easily one of the worst in the Bay Area region. Cupertino Union School District is dealing with an enrollment decline crisis, now faced with likely closures of several schools—attributed in large part to a shortage of new families moving into the district. Hard-working students and workers can’t afford to become our neighbors, despite stimulating our economy and brightening our community.
We can change this! And it starts with difficult but meaningful conversations like this one.