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Obama’s supply-side toolkit attacks local housing policy

Calvin Welch - October 4, 2016

On September 27th the Obama administration released a "Housing Development Toolkit" promoting a deregulation program for market rate housing development at the local level....

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The real housing record of London Breed

Calvin Welch - September 12, 2016

Sup. London Breed’s campaign website makes the ambiguous claim that she is “creating more affordable housing,” as if she has a hammer and is...

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The Agenda, June 27-July 4: Why Kim really won, helping victims of the Mission fire …

Tim Redmond - June 26, 2016

The supporters of Sup. Scott Wiener are trying to downplay the stunning victory of Sup Jane Kim in the primary of their state Senate...

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A terrible housing bill looms in Sacramento

Tim Redmond - May 22, 2016

The State Assembly may vote as early as Monday on a bill that would give real estate developers a huge windfall at the expense...

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A real answer to the mayor’s (latest) bogus housing plan

Calvin Welch - May 16, 2016

Market based “solutions” to our housing affordability crisis come and go like spring fashions; only the crisis persists. Eight years ago, it was removing maximum...

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Yes, gentrification will hit the Tenderloin

John Elberling - March 24, 2016

In an admirable burst of optimism, a current BeyondChron post concludes that, unlike the rapidly gentrifying Mission District, the Tenderloin is not “... transforming...

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The Agenda, Feb 22-29 2016: Politics, housing, homeless policy …

Tim Redmond - February 21, 2016

Why would someone raise more than $70,000 to run for a seat on the committee that oversees the local Democratic Party? Well: You have...

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Planning commissioners are dubious about affordable housing bonus plan

Tim Redmond - February 1, 2016

The Planning Commission is ready to move forward on a potentially dramatic rezoning of some 30,000 building lots, many of them with housing already...

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Mayor’s housing plan: Developers get nice juicy benefit; city gets little or nothing

Tim Redmond - January 27, 2016

Affordable housing and tenant groups that are opposed to the mayor’s plans to upzone much of the city to allow more residential development will...

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Chaos isn’t “change”

Guest Opinion - December 23, 2015

By Calvin Welch DECEMBER 23, 2015 -- In a period when our national politics are dominated by candidates on the right that rely on “counter...

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Obama’s supply-side toolkit attacks local housing policy

The real housing record of London Breed

The Agenda, June 27-July 4: Why Kim really won, helping victims of the Mission fire …

A terrible housing bill looms in Sacramento

A real answer to the mayor’s (latest) bogus housing plan

Yes, gentrification will hit the Tenderloin

The Agenda, Feb 22-29 2016: Politics, housing, homeless policy …

Planning commissioners are dubious about affordable housing bonus plan

Mayor’s housing plan: Developers get nice juicy benefit; city gets little or nothing

Chaos isn’t “change”

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