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Training materials

View video recordings from our Education Workforce Housing workshop series. 

• Introduction to Education Workforce Housing: Design, Site Consideration and Regulations (43 minutes)
• Creating Your Narrative (13 minutes)
• Staff Surveys (25 minutes) video | presentation deck
• Financing (45 minutes) video | presentation deck
• Setting Rental Rates (15 minutes) video | presentation deck
• Principles of Great Housing Design (46 minutes) video | presentation deck

Templates and examples

Board resolutions

• Berkeley USD
• Contra Costa County Office of Education
• Jefferson Union HSD
• Inglewood USD
• Mill Valley SD
• Milpitas USD
• Oxnard Union HSD
• San Jose USD

Staff surveys

• Education Workforce Housing Staff Survey Template
• Ventura USD - Housing Survey Summary (2024)
• Davis Joint USD - Employee Housing Survey Report (2024)
• Davis Joint USD - Employee Housing Interest Survey (2024)
• Jefferson Union HSD - Employee Housing Survey (2018)
• Berkeley USD - Employee Housing Survey (2017)

Feasibility studies: RFPs, RFQs, and RFIs

• Ojai USD - RFP for feasibility study (2025)
• Novato USD - RFP for consulting services (2024)

Feasibility studies: Contracts

• Tahoe-Truckee USD & Education Housing Partners (2024)
• Calistoga Joint USD & Brookwood Partners (2024)
• Novato USD & Brookwood Partners (2024)
• San Jose USD & Education Housing Partners - predevelopment services (2019)

Feasibility studies

• Novato USD (2024)
• Pasadena USD (2023)
• Burlingame SD (2022)
• Berkeley USD (2020)
• Jefferson Union HSD (2018)

Development/construction: RFPs, RFQs, and RFIs

• Alum Rock Union ESD - RFQ for alternative design-build (2024)
• Soledad USD - RFQ for architectural design (2021)
• Berkeley USD - RFQ/P for development (2021)
• Jefferson Union HSD - RFQ for design-build construction (2018)
• San Francisco USD - RFP for development (2017)
• San Diego USD - RFP for joint occupancy development (2014)

Development/construction: Contracts

• Jefferson ESD - Design-Build Contract (2020)

Housing oversight: Corporate structure, tenancy and property management

• Salinas Union HSD - Tenancy Eligibility and Priority (2024)
• Jefferson ESD - Tenancy Eligibility and Priority (2023)
• Jefferson Union HSD - Tenancy Eligibility and Priority (2023)
• Jefferson ESD - Bylaws of Educational Housing Corporation (2023)
• Jefferson Union HSD - Bylaws of Educational Housing Corporation (2021)

Property management: RFPs, RFQs, and RFIs

• Jefferson Union HSD - RFP for property management (2021)
• Santa Clara USD - RFP for property management (2020)

Property management: Contracts

• Jefferson Union HSD (2021)

Questions? Email EdWorkforceHousing@csba.org

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