. >> that landowner has space available on lincoln avenue but as janine de la vega explains, officials have a few issues with the idea. >>> today we're reing an excerpt, a teacher at willow glen middle school, every year she questions whether to move out of the bay area because of the high cost of living and lack of affordable housing. >> the district will lose good teachers. not could, we will, because we can't afford to make it. if you have someone like myself who is a single parent, it's next to impossible. >> that's why this land owner is taking action. she owns this empty lot on lincoln avenue in willow glen. chafin wants to build between eight to 16 affordable apartments for teachers, charging them $2,000 a month. >> i'd only charge them $1,000 a month in rent and then $1,000 would go towards a down payment so that within three years they can have -- buy a $650,000 condo. >> reporter: but chafin can't move forward because her land is owned commercial. she plans on keeping the hair salon which sits on the property but she needs the city to grant her a permit for mixed-use resident