Facebook donates $25 million to build Bay Area teacher housing
PALO ALTO — In Facebook’s biggest contribution yet toward solving the Bay Area’s housing shortage, the tech giant on Thursday said it will donate $25 million to build up to 120 apartments for peninsula teachers.
The money will help fund a unique development city and county officials have been trying to get off the ground for nearly two years. Their goal is to provide housing for the area’s teachers and other school workers who often make too much to qualify for subsidized low-income housing, but not enough to afford homes in the pricey neighborhoods where they work — forcing them to commute long distances, and contributing to high turnover rates in local schools.
The issue is one Facebook has been exploring as Silicon Valley tech companies increasingly are blamed for driving up local housing and rent prices by flooding the area with high-paying jobs.
“We heard direct feedback from the principals in our backyard saying they could not fill teacher positions,” said Menka Sethi, Facebook’s director of location strategy and site optimization, who oversees the company’s housing efforts. “The children they are serving do not have access to consistent teachers. And we felt like this was something where we could help.”
Read more: https://www.mercurynews.com/2019/10/17/facebook-donates-25-million-to-build-bay-area-teacher-housing/
(San Jose Mercury News)
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