Recent Streetsblog SF posts about Housing

SPUR Talk: What About the Families?

By Roger Rudick | Aug 30, 2016 | 105 Comments

How can San Francisco keep families from moving away? That was the central question of a panel discussion this afternoon hosted by the San Francisco Bay Area Planning and Urban Research Association (SPUR). The panel included Susan Exline of the San Francisco Planning Department, Daniel Parolek, architect with Opticos Design, and San Francisco’s District Seven […]

Guest Editorial: Solving Our Housing Crisis Will Take Federal Action

By Jonathan Fearn | Apr 27, 2016 | 5 Comments

Tuesday, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors passed an ordinance that, if affirmed by the voters, would allow them to increase affordable housing requirements. Meanwhile, in Sacramento, lawmakers want to spend $1.3 billion on low-income housing. Both will help with the Bay Area housing crisis and it’s great that San Francisco and California are working […]

Can In-Law Units Help Solve SF’s Housing Woes?

By Roger Rudick | Mar 17, 2016 | 49 Comments

There seem to be two points of view on San Francisco’s frustrating housing situation: either the tech industry is to blame for increasing demand or it comes down to NIMBY homeowners hoarding housing stock and preventing new development. Or maybe it’s some combination of the two? Clearly, there’s a desire to keep San Francisco looking […]