Recent Streetsblog SF posts about Housing

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?

Hayward, California. Image: Wikimedia Commons

Advocates Scramble to Keep Transit Housing Bill Active

By Roger Rudick | May 17, 2019 | 30 Comments

Anti-density/NIMBY politician maneuvers to put transit housing bill on ice

Commentary: Parking Spaces for People

By Mario Tanev | May 3, 2019 | 3 Comments

Could parking be used for modular housing for the homeless?

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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