Smart Growth at a Crossroads: It’s time to stand up for our true values, vote YES on Propositions G & K.
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Evictions and soaring housing costs are rapidly changing and destabilizing our neighborhoods and communities.
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Host David Onek and guests dive into one of this election's most contentious ballot measures: Proposition G. Known as an "anti-speculation" tax, Prop G has ardent support and robust opposition, reflecting ongoing tension about the high cost of housing in San Francisco.
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A broad coalition of housing activists, landlords, tenants, neighborhood groups and organized labor appeared Friday on the steps of San Francisco City Hall, urging stricter rules for pending legislation to legalize vacation rentals in private homes. The legislation, proposed by Supervisor David Chiu and sometimes informally called the Airbnb law because of that website’s popularity, is due to be heard by the full Board of Supervisors on Tuesday.
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A broad group of protesters representing various San Francisco housing interests met on the steps of City Hall today to express their opposition of proposed legislation that would allow residents to rent out their homes on a short-term basis.
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No one needs to be convinced of the current housing affordability and displacement crisis – San Francisco now has the largest income gap in the country, rents are three times higher than the national average, with median rents at nearly $4,000 a month for a two-bedroom apartment, and median home prices hitting the $1 million mark.
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San Francisco may be a leader in California when it comes to building below-market-rate housing, but it is not measuring up when it comes to making sure there is housing that the poorest residents can afford.
Read MoreThe Guardian last week published an editorial on the outcome of the process around the Housing Balance measure. We offer here an alternative perspective from the field.
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A healthy economy and soaring rents and home prices are spurring demand for more affordable housing in the San Francisco Bay Area, but barriers, including cuts in government funding, are making it tough to meet that need.
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May 25, 2014
After getting outbid on three houses, Shura Kelly decided not to mess around with 117 De Montfort St.
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May 25, 2014
San Francisco is on pace to complete 5,000 housing units a year to reach its ambitious goal of 30,000 new and rehabilitated homes by 2020, Mayor Ed Lee announced late last month, but exactly how many of each type remains to be seen.
Read MoreYouTube Video, May 15, 2014.
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SF Examiner, April 29, 2014
Low-income and minority San Francisco residents make up a large chunk of Muni’s ridership, and The City is using census data to determine where those people live and what service improvements they need.
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February 28, 2014
As San Francisco’s economy continues to boom, drawing more high-paid workers into the area, the city once again is in an affordable housing crisis that threatens to dislocate middle and working class people.
Read MoreSan Francisco property owners could be barred from tearing out illegal residential units under a new city policy designed to preserve housing in the city.
Read MoreFebruary 24, 2014
S.H.A.R.P.’s Febuary 24, 2014 General Meeting featured speakers on San Francisco’s Affordable Housing Crisis (and What to Do About It). First however, Crispin Hollings and Tyrone Jue from SF Water/Power/Sewer presented information about the current proposal for an increase in water and sewer rates, to be phased in over a 4-year period.
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Another ambitious blueprint to address housing in San Francisco has come through the pipeline, this time courtesy of the San Francisco Council of Community Housing Organizations.
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