In 2002, the Santa Clara Unified School District opened the, an early example of teacher housing on school property in the Bay Area. A church in San Jose turned an old convent into homes for local teachers last year.
“ was a crazy idea a handful of years ago, but it’s definitely gaining traction everyday,” said Jeff Vincent, director of the Center for Cities and Schools at UC Berkeley. “When you look at school districts, one thing they tend to have is land.”by Vincent and other researchers found 900 district-owned sites that are primed for development across Santa Clara, San Mateo, San Francisco, Alameda and Contra Costa counties.
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