Editorial: Silicon Valley college board should look elsewhere for student housing - San José Spotlight

Editorial: Silicon Valley college board should look elsewhere for student housing - San José Spotlight

The Foothill-De Anza Community College District wants to help house its students struggling to find affordable rent. The district’s solution displaces Cupertino residents. The board of trustees had five years to come up with a plan after district voters passed Measure G in 2020 — a $898 million general obligation bond to help upgrade college facilities and consider affordable housing. Trustees had an opportunity to be creative trendsetters in st…

‘What are we going to do?’: Cupertino renters might lose their homes to student housing - Local News Matters

ROSEMARY BISWAS has lived with her two children at McClellan Terrace Apartments in Cupertino since 2023. The aging building comes with lower rent, a godsend in a region considered one of the most expensive in the nation.The single mom and 93 other families will likely be forced to move by June 2026, so Foothill-De Anza Community College District can convert the apartments into 332 affordable student beds at 7918 McClellan Road — even though Bisw…