Parking Exemption in Transit Areas Under Threat
There is yet another challenge to housing supply and affordability in the city: the collapse of the City’s reduction of parking requirements in areas that have frequent transit. The letter below is in response to a serious impact on many, many housing projects in the city. Until now, builders of housing could use the City’s […]
What the HALA?: Council Considers More Bad Housing Legislation
As we pointed out last week, it appears that the Council is not taking the work of the Mayor’ s Housing Affordability and Livability (HALA) Committee seriously. Not only is the Council pushing to pass damaging low-rise legislation but now they’re pushing to short circuit affordability created through the City’s Multifamily Tax Exemption (MFTE) Program. […]
Vaccinating Against High Prices: Build More Housing!
Last Monday, one week ago, I traveled to San Francisco to be part of a panel hosted by the San Francisco Bay Area Renters Federation, or SF BARF. Now you can watch the panel in the video embed above. As I mentioned earlier, SF BARF is led by the charismatic and relentless Sonja Trauss. Trauss […]
