Recent Streetsblog SF posts about Housing Crisis

Op-Ed: Let’s Get Serious About Housing

By Zack Subin | Oct 21, 2020 | No Comments

Why do we see a mismatch in priorities from environmental organizations, when infill housing is the prime climate intervention squarely within the power of local governments?

Saving a gas station is a priority in San Francisco? Photo: Google Maps

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San Francisco Wants to Save a Gas Station?

By Roger Rudick | Oct 6, 2020 | No Comments

In the middle of a housing and climate crisis, some supervisors are still showing backwards priorities

Carmel Partner's "Atlas" deelopment in downtown Oakland. Image: Carmel Partners

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SPUR Talk: Housing Development by the Numbers

By Roger Rudick | Sep 4, 2019 | 1 Comment

Building new housing is complicated and costly. How does it get done?

A drone shot of the Sunset District's sea of single-family housing. Photo: Wikimedia Commons

Open Thread: Will Single-Family Juggernaut Finally Break?

By Roger Rudick | Apr 25, 2019 | 20 Comments

Transit Housing Bill advances despite push back

Most of the Sunset District is zoned for low-density, single family housing, even a short walk from the two rail lines that serve the area. D4 Supervisor Gordon Mar wants to keep it that way. Photo: David Yu

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Supervisor Pushes Back Against Density Near Transit

By Roger Rudick | Mar 25, 2019 | 31 Comments

Well, you could have seen this coming

The Mandela Transit Village, a $900 million housing, office, and retail development planned for the West Oakland BART Station. SB-50 would stop local municipalities from jamming up dense development such as this around transit. Image: BART

New Transit Housing Bill Racks up Endorsements

By Roger Rudick | Mar 14, 2019 | 6 Comments

San Francisco State Senator Scott Wiener's latest transit-oriented housing bill, SB 50, the More HOMES Act, is gaining momentum and endorsements

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