Recent Streetsblog SF posts about Housing

A flyer by a group opposed to dense housing at BART stations featured this photo illustration, with huge buildings towering over the flattened houses surrounding the station, and immense shadows... at sunrise?

Berkeley Approves Zoning for BART Station Housing

By Melanie Curry | Jun 3, 2022 | No Comments

The new TOD zone will allow up to 2,400 units of housing to be built at the two large BART station parking lots within the city limits. Next steps: develop and build the housing.

A rendering of 618 Octavia in Hayes Valley. Density and height are great. But cramming in so much parking sets a bad precedent. Image: SF Planning Packet

Commentary: State Density Bonus Threatens Progressive Parking Policies

By Jason Henderson | May 19, 2022 | No Comments

At $120,000 per space, using luxury parking to subsidize affordable housing undermines planning for compact development centered on green mobility. It’s tantamount to gentrification by parking.

What was once a penthouse full of chiller units for an office building, became a roof deck garden for residential units. Image: Emerald Fund

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SPUR Talk: Convert Offices to Housing?

By Roger Rudick | May 17, 2022 | No Comments

People are working from home, resulting in one in five offices in San Francisco sitting empty. The Bay Area also has a housing crisis. Which has more and more people, including Governor Gavin Newsom, thinking it's time to look at converting some of that disused office space into housing.

The Embarcadero between Dennison and Livingston. Photo: Streetsblog/Rudick

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Recent Streetsblog SF posts about Housing

Berkeley Approves Zoning for BART Station Housing

Commentary: State Density Bonus Threatens Progressive Parking Policies

SPUR Talk: Convert Offices to Housing?

Barrier Backstory on the Oakland Embarcadero

Pressure Builds to Close S.F.’s Safe Sleeping Sites

Op-ed: Build Infill Housing and Welcome New Neighbors to San Francisco