Santa Clara County
Affordable Housing Month: Behind the Scenes
May 26, 2021
In this episode of the Affordable Housing Podcast, brought to you by Eden Housing, host Joanne Greene speaks to Gabriela Chavez-Lopez, Communications and Membership Manager at SV@Home, a Silicon Valley-based membership organization that advocates for an increased supply of affordable housing. Gabriela takes us behind the scenes of Affordable Housing Month- a series of workshops,…
Affordable Housing Month in Silicon Valley
May 1, 2020
As part of Silicon Valley at Home’s Affordable Housing Month, Eden Housing launched a video series featuring five affordable housing communities in Santa Clara County. The series showcases not only the high-quality affordable housing properties, but also the residents that call them home, the dedicated staff who make home happen, and a few instrumental partners…
Story 37: Braceros, Then and Now
July 9, 2018
The Bracero Program grew out of a series of bi-lateral agreements between Mexico and the United States allowing millions of Mexican men to come to the United States to work on short-term, primarily agricultural labor contracts. From 1942 to 1964, more than 4.5 million contracts were signed, with many individuals returning multiple times, making it…
Story 25: Preserving the Past
July 7, 2018
The Altenheim (translation: German Old People’s home) first opened its doors to 12 residents in 1894. It was founded by San Francisco and Oakland’s most prominent German-American families as an upscale home for older German-Americans to live out their golden years. Sadly, the building was completely destroyed in a fire in 1908. Construction began again,…