New Housing is Paying Fair Share for Growth
Last week I wrote about architect Mark Hogan’s analysis of housing costs in San Francisco. Hogan found that roughly 20 percent of unit costs in multifamily housing are attributable to the permitting process and fees. I suggested that if we could reduce some of those costs for non-profit, subsidized housing, we’d get more housing for […]
San Francisco Organization Works to Make Housing Affordable
San Francisco has become the reference point for high priced housing in a dense city. Everyone wants to avoid the housing scarcity problems San Francisco faces. I’ve even described the San Francisco Death Spiral, what happens when people crow about high housing prices and officials respond with more rules and taxes which leads to higher […]
Neighbors Using Sketchy Article Against Supply and Demand
Evidently there has been a year old article from San Francisco that has been circulated to members of the Mayor’s Housing Affordability and Livability Agenda (HALA) Committee. The article is called “SF Controller Shows ‘Supply and Demand’ Does Not Work in the San Francisco Housing Market.” Now arguing against and trying to prove that supply […]
