{"id":280956,"date":"2026-04-22T22:21:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-22T22:21:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/280956\/"},"modified":"2026-04-22T22:21:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T22:21:09","slug":"san-jose-workforce-housing-project-moves-forward-to-final-city-permit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/280956\/","title":{"rendered":"San Jose workforce housing project moves forward to final city permit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>SAN JOSE \u2014 A San Jose housing development consisting of apartments for school district workers is poised for a final city review that would clear the way for the complex.<\/p>\n<p>The project at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mercurynews.com\/2026\/03\/31\/san-jose-home-build-school-property-real-estate-develop-jobs-economy\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">2050 Kammerer Ave. would produce 78 homes<\/a>, city planning files show. The rentals would be made available to teachers and staff of Alum Rock Union Elementary School District.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" lazyautosizes lazyload\" alt=\"Birds-eye view of a workforce housing development at 2050 Kammerer Avenue in east San Jose, concept.(Steinberg Hart)\" width=\"993\" data- src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/SJM-L-SJEHOMESPLAN-01.jpg\" \/>Birds-eye view of a workforce housing development at 2050 Kammerer Avenue in east San Jose, concept.\u00a0(Steinberg Hart)<\/p>\n<p>Half of the units will be reserved for lower-income households, planning documents show. The remaining 50%, while intended to be offered at below-market rates, will not be deed-restricted.<\/p>\n<p>San Jose city staffers are slated to make a final decision before the end of May regarding a ministerial permit that would be the final step in the municipal approval process, according to a city planner\u2019s email to this news organization.<\/p>\n<p>The development is slated to consist of three buildings, each three stories high, that would be grouped around a central landscaped 1-acre common area. Real estate firm Core Builders is also involved in the project.<\/p>\n<p>A 720-square-foot amenities building also is being planned, according to the proposal.<\/p>\n<p>The development would be next to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mercurynews.com\/2025\/09\/09\/after-fire-alum-rock-organizers-fight-to-save-treasured-san-jose-community-hub\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">demolished location of an abandoned youth center<\/a> that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mercurynews.com\/2025\/08\/29\/three-alarm-fire-breaks-out-at-abandoned-san-jose-youth-center\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">burned down<\/a> in August 2025.<\/p>\n<p>The project site is also adjacent to Renaissance Academy at Mathson middle school, which isn\u2019t part of development plans and will remain after the housing is built.<\/p>\n<p>The construction timeline wasn\u2019t immediately known.<\/p>\n<p>Backers of the proposal intend to use provisions of Senate Bill 330, a California law that was crafted to expedite residential projects by curbing the ability of city and county government agencies to limit housing development.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SAN JOSE \u2014 A San Jose housing development consisting of apartments for school district workers is poised for&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":280957,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[184,387,7,8,10150,383,1011,1337,1286,4730,1533,181,23,100,388,88,90,89,5406,198,94685,200],"class_list":{"0":"post-280956","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-san-jose","8":"tag-bay-area","9":"tag-business","10":"tag-california","11":"tag-california-news","12":"tag-east-san-jose","13":"tag-economy","14":"tag-housing","15":"tag-housing-development","16":"tag-jobs","17":"tag-k-12-education","18":"tag-keywee","19":"tag-latest-headlines","20":"tag-local-news","21":"tag-news","22":"tag-real-estate","23":"tag-san-jose","24":"tag-san-jose-headlines","25":"tag-san-jose-news","26":"tag-san-jose-real-estate","27":"tag-santa-clara-county","28":"tag-social-alert","29":"tag-south-bay"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/280956","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=280956"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/280956\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/280957"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=280956"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=280956"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=280956"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}