Santa Clara County and the city of San Jose announced a historic housing agreement for a project in North San Jose.

The deal connected to the Summerhill Housing Project on Baypointe Drive in San Jose opens doors to thousands of housing units as well as construction and infrastructure jobs, according to a news release.

Santa Clara County Supervisors Cindy Chavez and Otto Lee worked with San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo and San Jose City Councilman David Cohen on issues including density, parking and transit to reach the agreement.

“In order to address the housing needs, we need to build along the entire continuum of housing, so that’s everything from market rate housing down to extremely low income housing,” leaders said.