Housing Rights Committee Archives

Housing

Planning Department has ambitious housing goals; Mayor’s Office stands in the way

Tim Redmond - January 23, 2023

Hearing shows huge disconnect between lofty goals and the ability of the city to implement them.

Housing

Planning Commission to review new Housing Element—which is based on fantasy

Tim Redmond - June 6, 2022

How do you do an environmental review of a proposal that is so far from reality that you can't take it seriously?

Housing

65-year-old cancer survivor is fighting Ellis Act eviction—for the second time

Sam Lew - May 17, 2022

Community rallies around 'flower lady' as Apple engineer seeks to throw her out of her home in Bernal Heights.

Housing

Lawsuit seeks to block Plan Bay Area 2050—and prevent gentrification

Tim Redmond - November 28, 2021

Petition argues that the sweeping regional planning proposal would displace tens of thousands of vulnerable residents in the name of more high-end development.

Housing

Labor, housing activists tell supes: Trickle-down policy is a failure

Tim Redmond - November 8, 2021

Hearing on jobs-housing mix makes clear that market-based solutions haven't worked and the city needs a new approach.

Housing

Eviction-free SF: Advocates say that renters still have options

Garrett Leahy - October 2, 2021

Know your rights—the moratorium is over but renters still have a lot of protections.

Housing

Two-thirds of needy SF tenants could get zero state or local rent relief

Tim Redmond - June 24, 2021

Supes hearing shows huge gap between the promises and the reality -- but the money is there if the mayor is willing to spend it.

Housing

A sneak attack on rent control and affordable housing in Sacramento

John Elberling - June 4, 2021

Little-noticed state bill would allow local government agencies to overturn ballot initiatives that protect renters or limit bad development.

Housing

SF can buy housing for thousands of people, now.

Tim Redmond - February 19, 2021

With federal and local money, taking over hotels would cost a fraction of the price of building affordable housing.

News + Politics

Again, the Chron pushes the Yimby agenda that will never work

Tim Redmond - January 24, 2021

But a public bank might actually make a difference. Plus: Rent relief and accountability for business districts. That's The Agenda for Jan. 24-31

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Planning Department has ambitious housing goals; Mayor’s Office stands in the way

Planning Commission to review new Housing Element—which is based on fantasy

65-year-old cancer survivor is fighting Ellis Act eviction—for the second time

Lawsuit seeks to block Plan Bay Area 2050—and prevent gentrification

Labor, housing activists tell supes: Trickle-down policy is a failure

Eviction-free SF: Advocates say that renters still have options

Two-thirds of needy SF tenants could get zero state or local rent relief

A sneak attack on rent control and affordable housing in Sacramento

SF can buy housing for thousands of people, now.

Again, the Chron pushes the Yimby agenda that will never work

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