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Housing

Should shopping malls become housing? Yes—but only if the state does it right

John Elberling - August 30, 2022

The Legislature has responded to affordable-housing developers. But there's a lot of unfinished work to protect vulnerable communities.

Housing

City report shows that upzoning neighborhoods won’t create more affordable housing

Tim Redmond - April 28, 2022

In fact, eliminating single-family zoning won't create much new housing at all.

The Agenda

A tech-worker dorm in the Tenderloin? Or the end of the Yimby narrative?

Tim Redmond - September 6, 2021

Christian Science Church had an approved project—but the developer says family housing doesn't make enough money it's asking for tech dorms instead. That's The Agenda for Sept 7-13

Business + Tech

The Chron has a Mission business story all wrong (are we surprised?)

Tim Redmond - June 8, 2021

There are very real issues of displacement and racial equity in the debate over moving a tech-centered 'destination' to 14th and Mission.

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

Facebook’s housing echo chamber

Zelda Bronstein - April 22, 2021

Zuckerberg money funds news outlets that repeat Zuckerberg group's supply-side position on the housing crisis.

Housing

Chiu, Wiener attack ‘left-right pincers’ on housing

Zelda Bronstein - March 4, 2021

Legislators decry alliance between progressive housing activists and 'Nimby' homeowners.

Housing

SPUR, Yimbys say stealth state laws can force more housing

Zelda Bronstein - February 17, 2021

But what happens if developers don't want to build anything but luxury condos -- and maybe not even those?

Culture

Reflections on a phantom mall—and other local property follies

Marke B. - September 29, 2020

Former CurbedSF editor Brock Keeling on the future of the city, jaw-dropping real estate porn, and covering our wild and tragic local moment

Screen Grabs

Screen Grabs: Films that pull back the veil

Dennis Harvey - July 21, 2020

The Trump regime’s egregious wrongdoing and pollutive effect on society has wound up bringing greater attention to long-term (yet rapidly worsening) woes of American...

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Should shopping malls become housing? Yes—but only if the state does it right

City report shows that upzoning neighborhoods won’t create more affordable housing

A tech-worker dorm in the Tenderloin? Or the end of the Yimby narrative?

The Chron has a Mission business story all wrong (are we surprised?)

A sneak attack on rent control and affordable housing in Sacramento

Facebook’s housing echo chamber

Chiu, Wiener attack ‘left-right pincers’ on housing

SPUR, Yimbys say stealth state laws can force more housing

Reflections on a phantom mall—and other local property follies

Screen Grabs: Films that pull back the veil

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