To put a dent in its chronic housing shortage, San Jose is planning for as many as 77,500 new homes over the next decade — potentially expanding the total number of households in the Bay Area’s largest city by almost a quarter.
Where will it all go in a city of about 1 million residents that is desperate to increase its stock of affordable housing while also preventing suburban sprawl? The answers are beginning to emerge in a 148-page housing plan that is still falling short of expectations from regulators.
So far, the city has designated over 600 sites for new housing. The majority are in downtown and the Diridon Station