The non-league websites on this page may not represent the positions of the League of Women Voters. They are offered as additional resources for learning about housing issues.
The drawing above is a proposed multi-use apartment building at Latham and Escuela in Mountain View.
Housing Advocacy Organizations
Housing Action Coalition
Develops and supports policies that will increase the production of new homes
Los Altos Affordable Housing Alliance
Works to educate and inspire the community to build affordable housing
Mountain View Coalition for Sustainable Planning
Makes the city as beautiful, economically healthy, and affordable as possible
Mountain View Housing Justice Coalition
Promotes the rights of tenants and advocates against displacement
Mountain View YIMBY
Advocates for more housing in Mountain View and beyond
Non-Profit Housing Association of Northern California
Supports affordable housing in the Bay Area by advancing policy solutions
SV@Home
Advocates for housing and affordable housing in Silicon Valley
All Home Advances regional solutions that will disrupt the cycle of poverty and homelessness Catalyze SV
Engages the community to create sustainable, equitable places
Housing Choices
Supports opportunities for people with disabilities
Los Altos for Racial Equity (LARE) Steering Committee
Works to bring about a more welcoming, vibrant, and diverse Los Altos
Peninsula for Everyone
Advocates for an inclusive and sustainable future
The following organizations build, acquire, manage, and help finance affordable housing
Alta Housing Bridge Housing Charities Housing EAH Housing
Eden Housing Firm Foundation Community Housing
First Community Housing Housing for Independent People Mercy Housing MidPen Housing
California Department of Housing and Community Development
City of Los Altos Hills City of Los Altos Planning Services
City of Mountain View
Santa Clara County Office of Supportive Housing
Othering and Belonging Institute at UC Berkeley
Finds new ways to identify and eliminate the barriers to an inclusive, just, and sustainable world
SPUR
Public policy non-profit working in the Bay Area on planning, housing, transportation, sustainability, economic justice, good government, food, and agriculture
Terner Center for Housing Innovation at UC Berkeley
Researchfocused organization works to identify, develop, and advance innovative public and private sector solutions to the nation’s most intractable housing challenges
Mountain View City Hall
ADU Resources Abodu preapproved ADU builder offering backyard spaces Casita Coalition statewide organization that removes barriers to constructing ADUs and helps identify innovative program designs, codes and policies.
Housing Trust Silicon Valley helps homeowners build homes to rent in their backyards
Mayberry Workshop Architecture preapproved ADU builder offering custom designed small homes Self-Help Federal Credit Union helps build stronger communities through affordable home loans
Umpqua Bank works to build community through environmental, social, and governance guidelines (ESG)