Housing Drama in Alviso: When Developers and Residents Throw Down

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Hold onto your San Jose hard hats, because the housing battle in Alviso is about to get spicy! 🌶️
LH Housing and Decro Corp just dropped a bombshell proposal that’s got local residents seeing red: an absolutely massive 780-unit housing complex smack dab in the middle of north San Jose’s Alviso district. We’re talking eight seven-story buildings spread across a tiny 3.24-acre parcel at 7 Topgolf Drive, complete with 16,238 square feet of commercial space.
The NIMBY Showdown
The proposed development is a classic Bay Area housing drama – a Builder’s Remedy project that’s sending local community members into full-on panic mode. Residents are clutching their pearls and warning about potential “negative impacts,” which in Silicon Valley speak usually means “we don’t want more people near us”.
Affordable Housing vs. Local Resistance
While the project promises affordable housing units – something the Bay Area desperately needs – local homeowners are mounting their classic resistance. It’s the eternal struggle: desperately need housing, but not IN MY BACKYARD, thank you very much.
The Bigger Picture
This isn’t just about one development. It’s a microcosm of the Bay Area’s ongoing housing crisis, where every proposed solution gets met with community pushback, NIMBYism, and enough bureaucratic red tape to wallpaper the Salesforce Tower.
Stay tuned, housing warriors – this saga is just getting started.
AUTHOR: mls
SOURCE: The Mercury News