8-Story Apartments Could Come to One of SF’s Quaintest Neighborhoods, Thanks in Part to BARTThe Glen Park station has a parking lot that’s ripe for dense housing. But what about the rest of the “village”?Apr 1, 2024Apr 1, 2024
State Housing Bills Flood Sacramento Again With One Prime Goal: Build More, Build FasterWith YIMBYs in control of the Capitol menu, the main dish of housing construction has a side helping of tenant protection.Mar 22, 2024Mar 22, 2024
Supes Shrink High-Rise Housing Near SF Waterfront. Will Other Neighborhoods Use This Playbook?Historic districts in Aaron Peskin’s backyard are now exempt from towers. State housing watchdogs call this an “active matter.”Mar 8, 2024Mar 8, 2024
Mayor Breed Banks on Empty SF Offices Converting to Housing with Prop C’s Tax BreakElection 2024: Apartment builders would get relief, but the city economist says the incentive might be weak or even have negative effects.Feb 29, 2024Feb 29, 2024
SF’s In Danger of Throwing Hundreds of New Affordable Homes Under the BusHousing atop a renovated Muni yard is a creative idea. But if funds don’t arrive on time, the downsized project will keep shrinking.Feb 22, 2024Feb 22, 2024
Prop A to Give SF a $300 Million Shot at Keeping Housing Pipeline OpenElection 2024: A bond on the March ballot can fund just a fraction of what the city must build, but brings about a rare kumbaya moment.Feb 9, 2024Feb 9, 2024
Where the Taller Apartment Buildings Are Going in SF, Maybe on Your BlockPlanners unveil a new city map and detail where long-standing neighborhood restrictions will be struck down for more density.Jan 31, 2024Jan 31, 2024
Building More Homes Makes Housing More Affordable. The Evidence Grows Stronger Each YearOngoing research shows the age-old rule of supply and demand applies, despite some denials. But that doesn’t mean anything goes.Jan 19, 2024Jan 19, 2024
SF Plans More Housing, but Not Everywhere. Why the Tenderloin Isn’t On the MapOur most divisive neighborhood is a place where the city is sticking with what’s worked, but also with what hasn’t.Jan 4, 2024Jan 4, 2024
5 Major Housing Moves SF Must Make to Avoid a New Year’s HangoverCity officials have to enact more reforms to the slowest housing approval process in California.Dec 20, 2023Dec 20, 2023
