Housing

The complete failure of Lurie’s tax cuts for developers on full display at hearing

Cutting fees won't bring more affordable housing; it just makes the budget problem even worse

Housing Tim Redmond - May 7, 2026

Cutting fees for developers has not encouraged much new housing

New report suggests Yimby approach of Lurie, Mahmood to reduce affordable housing fees is hurting, not helping, the crisis

Housing Tim Redmond - May 5, 2026

Tax on big business for housing has been a huge success

But why is the city still not expanding proven programs to end homelessness?

Homelessness Tim Redmond - April 30, 2026

The best and worst of CA housing policy, on display at UCLA conference

Some rational discussion based on facts, and some Yimby presentations with no facts

Housing Tim Redmond - April 16, 2026

Housing

Supes reject illegal conversion that turned four rental units into one mansion

Tim Redmond - April 7, 2026

Critical vote not to accept Sauter deal sends a message to speculators—but there are plenty of other examples that the city has ignored

Homelessness

In Oakland, a tiny-home community is forced back onto the streets

Tiny - April 6, 2026

They had a modest place to live. Now they are unhoused once again. How long does this have to go on when unhoused people have solutions that work?

Housing

Is the tide finally turning on the ‘abundance agenda?’

Tim Redmond - February 12, 2026

Two new studies show that the free market won't solve the housing crisis—and that Newsom, Lurie, and Wiener are wrong

Housing

Supes approve affordable senior housing project—but discussion raises larger issue

Tim Redmond - February 4, 2026

Nonprofit housers are good neighbors. Speculators are not. But Wiener's law treats both the same way

Housing

Finally, a media breakthrough of the pro-Yimby narrative that has dominated press and politics

Zelda Bronstein - February 2, 2026

The Washington Post, of all places, runs a story on a new study debunking the idea that more market-rate housing will bring down prices

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Housing

New study shows that deregulation is not the answer to the affordable housing crisis

Tim Redmond - January 20, 2026

Upzoning might make SF affordable—in 100 years. Or we could address economic inequality, the real cause of the problem

Housing

The Marina Safeway project is just a shiny bauble to distract us from real issues

Fernando Marti - January 6, 2026

It's not family housing. It's not affordable. It may never get built anyway. Let's talk about serious housing issues

Homelessness

A small piece of land in SF for unhoused people to build their own future …

Tiny - December 22, 2025

... And already, the complaints have started

Housing

Lurie ignored tenant groups when drafting his Muni parcel-tax proposal—and that’s a problem

Tim Redmond - December 18, 2025

Allowing landlords to pass through the cost to renters creates a potential political issue for his plan—and it could easily have been avoided

Housing

The bogus (and needless) politics of austerity

Quintin Mecke - December 17, 2025

San Francisco doesn't need to cut money for affordable housing (or other services). There are viable solutions

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Housing

The dangerous fantasy of upzoning

Fernando Marti - December 16, 2025

Politicians pretend to be doing something, while they refuse to address the real housing crisis.

Housing

The creepy sleeping pods might not even be legal

Tim Redmond - December 9, 2025

Apartment bidding wars are a problem, too—and the city can put an end to it

Housing

Rich Family Zoning Plan faces CEQA suit

Tim Redmond - December 4, 2025

The city relied on a three-year-old EIR for a different project; will that survive a court challenge?

Homelessness

SF’s plan for crime and unhoused people looks more and more like Trump’s every day

Tim Redmond - December 3, 2025

Mayor's plans seem awfully similar to Trump executive orders

Housing

Rich Family Zoning Plan passes, 7-4

Tim Redmond - December 2, 2025

To say this creates affordable housing is a wild fantasy. Yet Lurie's allies all lined up against tenants and vulnerable communities.

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Housing

The complete failure of Lurie’s tax cuts for developers on full display at hearing

Cutting fees for developers has not encouraged much new housing

Tax on big business for housing has been a huge success

The best and worst of CA housing policy, on display at UCLA conference

Supes reject illegal conversion that turned four rental units into one mansion

In Oakland, a tiny-home community is forced back onto the streets

Is the tide finally turning on the ‘abundance agenda?’

Supes approve affordable senior housing project—but discussion raises larger issue

Finally, a media breakthrough of the pro-Yimby narrative that has dominated press and politics

New study shows that deregulation is not the answer to the affordable housing crisis

The Marina Safeway project is just a shiny bauble to distract us from real issues

A small piece of land in SF for unhoused people to build their own future …

Lurie ignored tenant groups when drafting his Muni parcel-tax proposal—and that’s a problem

The bogus (and needless) politics of austerity

The dangerous fantasy of upzoning

The creepy sleeping pods might not even be legal

Rich Family Zoning Plan faces CEQA suit

SF’s plan for crime and unhoused people looks more and more like Trump’s every day

Rich Family Zoning Plan passes, 7-4

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