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  • Could earning $250K still leave you priced out in Mountain View?
  • How many apartments are reserved for Mountain View Whisman teachers?
  • How is Mountain View redefining “middle income” for homebuyers?

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📰 News we're reading

1. Earning $250K? In Mountain View, the city wants to help you buy a home (mv-voice.com) — Mountain View’s City Council is crafting a homeownership strategy to help “missing middle” residents, including individuals earning up to about $273,000, compete in a market where a typical two-bedroom condo nears $1 million. The plan focuses on boosting condo development, exploring a North Bayshore ownership project, and possibly enabling ADU sales, while aiming not to sideline existing affordable rental priorities.
   

2. Palo Alto's teacher housing project welcomes new residents (mv-voice.com) — Mountain View Whisman School District staff now have 12 dedicated apartments in a new below-market-rate teacher housing complex in nearby Palo Alto, which is still leasing units. The Acacia offers 110 modern apartments with shared courtyards and amenities to educators from several South Bay districts, aiming to ease the region’s high housing costs for school employees.
   

3. Express: Mountain View maps out middle income housing strategy (mv-voice.com) — Mountain View leaders are exploring ways to help middle-income residents afford homes, even for those earning around $250,000, as local prices continue to soar. This newsletter also points you to Palo Alto’s new teacher housing, a look at king tides around the Peninsula, and an arts exhibit, plus a searchable Mountain View Voice events calendar for local happenings.
   

4. Waymo Robo-Taxis Bring San Francisco Streets To A Halt After Power Outage (brobible.com) — Waymo, headquartered in Mountain View, is under new scrutiny after a San Francisco power outage left its driverless taxis frozen in intersections and blocking traffic. The incident, which briefly halted Bay Area ride-hailing service, has renewed questions about how safely autonomous vehicles perform during emergencies and large-scale infrastructure failures.
   

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