‘Taunted and terrorized’: Realtors say protest by San Jose housing advocates went too far

TENSIONS BETWEEN LOCAL housing advocates and realtors have boiled into threats and ugly confrontations.

A coalition of homeless and housing advocates protested at the office of the Santa Clara County Association of Realtors on June 7, six days before the San Jose City Council approved the annual budget. They yelled chants like, “Realtors you can’t hide, we can see your greedy side” and “Everyone deserves homes” because of the association’s support to move city dollars away from affordable housing. But now those chants could result in criminal charges — if the realtors have it their way.