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‘Lesson Planning in the Laundry Room': What Housing for Teachers Looks Like

by Madeline Will Year Published: December 4, 2023

To respond to both soaring housing costs and staffing shortages, more school districts across the country are getting into the property management business.

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More Districts Are Building Housing for Teachers. Here’s What to Know

by Madeline Will Year Published: November 22, 2023

School districts have a lot of responsibilities to manage. Some are adding housing to the list.

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How a Parking Lot Became a Panacea for This School District’s Housing Crisis

by Emily Tate Sullivan Year Published: September 18, 2023

Shirley Cruz used to pass an old parking lot on her way to and from work. Adjacent to a former high school, the lot was wasted space back then, she says. Uber and Lyft drivers would congregate there, waiting to get assigned to their next rides, Cruz recalls. Otherwise, it sat empty. In Daly City, California, just south of San Francisco city limits, that’s prime real estate. The owners of the abandoned parking lot and the land beneath it — the local school district — realized as much, and they hatched a plan.

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Arizona breaks ground on tiny homes for teachers amid worsening educator shortage

by Gabe Cohen Year Published: May 1, 2023

In the Bay Area, Jefferson Union High School District opened a 122-unit apartment complex for school staff last Spring. It’s nearly full, the district says, and helped them start the school year with a full staff of classroom teachers for the first time in recent history.

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SVA’s Work on Bay Area School Staff Housing Recognized

by Eric Althoff Year Published: March 16, 2023

The Coalition for Adequate School Housing (CASH) and the American Institute of Architects California (AIA California) have awarded SVA Architects with a Jury Citation Award for their work with the Jefferson Union High School District.

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US teachers grapple with a growing housing crisis: ‘We can’t afford rent’

by by Edwin Rios, San Francisco Year Published: March 2, 2023

Educators are struggling with pay disparities and a widening housing and cost-of-living crisis

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SVA Architects Honored by CASH and AIA California for Innovative Faculty & Staff Housing in JUHSD

by Press Release from SVA Architects Year Published: February 24, 2023

Jurors Expand Awards Program to Recognize Affordable Community for District Staff

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How does a district build a village for teachers and staff?

by CFT: A Union of Educators & Classified Professionals Year Published: September 22, 2022

Innovative, affordable, and comfortable housing in Daly City welcomes new and veteran employees

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Teachers are being priced out of housing. But districts across the country are finding solutions

by Matt Zalaznick Year Published: September 13, 2022

Among them: building their own affordable teacher housing complexes and potentially repurposing former school buildings as residences...

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An Affordable Place to Call Home

by Kimberly Sellery Year Published: August 29, 2022

How education workforce housing can help solve staffing shortages

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Design-Build Team of SVA Architects and J.H. Fitzmaurice Complete Nationally-Recognized Housing...

by SVA Architects, Inc. (Cision PR Newswire) Year Published: August 12, 2022

Teachers and Staff at Jefferson Union High School District Benefit from Measure J

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Some schools build affordable housing to retain teachers

by Janie Har Year Published: July 15, 2022

DALY CITY, Calif. (AP) — San Francisco Bay Area high school teacher Lisa Raskin moved out of a cramped apartment she was sharing with a roommate and into her own place this month, paying a deeply discounted $1,500 a month for a one-bedroom with expansive views within walking distance to work...

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S.F. and Daly City has embarked on teacher housing projects at the same time.

by Heather Knight Year Published: June 18, 2022

Guess which one has opened?

In 2017, San Francisco and Daly City made the same commitment. They pledged to build teacher housing so underpaid educators could have a better chance of living near the schools where they work...

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Jefferson Union teachers, staff move into innovative housing

by Peter Tokofsky Year Published: May 3, 2022

The first faculty and staff began moving into the new Jefferson Union High School District workforce housing last weekend, culminating five years of planning and construction. The property is one of the first in the state to offer affordable housing in an effort to retain and recruit school district staff...

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Peninsula school district opens affordable apartments for teachers and

by Sam Whiting Year Published: May 1, 2022

On any Monday morning, high school English teacher Hayden Morrison would be making his hour-plus drive from Hayward to Daly City, fretting over the price of gas and long commute to work in an unaffordable neighborhood, wondering how long he could survive before chucking his tenure to move to a cheaper area.

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