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San Jose, County Housing Authority adopt FY2026 Moving to Work plan; council adds six-month reportback
Summary
The San Jose City Council, sitting jointly with the San Jose Housing Authority and the Santa Clara County Housing Authority, approved the fiscal year 2026 Moving to Work annual plan on April 15, directing pilots of rent‑subsidy innovations and a six‑month reportback on expanding interim housing operations.
The San Jose City Council, sitting jointly with the San Jose Housing Authority and the Santa Clara County Housing Authority, approved the fiscal year 2026 Moving to Work (MTW) annual plan on April 15, adopting staff recommendations and directing follow-up reporting.
The plan, presented by Eric Sullivan, San Jose Director of Housing, and Preston Prince, director of the Santa Clara County Housing Authority, lays out four MTW activities for 2026 and a goal to explore broader use of tenant-based vouchers in alternative housing types. The activities include a shallow-subsidy pilot to reduce rent burden, a small direct-rental-assistance pilot that would pay participants directly, expanding construction and preservation authority under MTW, and clarifying referral language to explicitly include the City of San Jose.
The plan matters because MTW allows housing authorities flexibility to use federal Housing Choice Voucher funds in locally tailored ways. Prince said…
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