The La Maravilla project, a 136-unit affordable housing development in the Mission District of San Francisco, is finally moving forward after years of delays, thanks to a combination of state housing mandates, local funding commitments, and sustained advocacy.
San Francisco is making progress in reconnecting displaced families to housing, but the gap between income and affordability remains, with only 44 certificate holders successfully housed in the past year due to the high cost of available units.
Three pro-housing organizations have filed a lawsuit challenging San Francisco’s newly adopted Family Zoning Plan, alleging that it violates state housing law and does not create the housing capacity the city promised when it secured state approval of its Sixth Cycle Housing Element.
The City of San Francisco has been accused of rewarding corporate landlords with multimillion-dollar contracts despite their repeated mistreatment of tenants, prompting a call for the State to intervene and ensure equal protection under the law.
Residents of Bayview-Hunters Point have reported unresolved habitability issues, shoddy workmanship, and a lack of communication from Related Management Company, which manages the properties, leading to a sense of neglect and broken trust.
The San Francisco Gateway Project, a $650-900 million industrial redevelopment by Prologis, is a defining test of whether inclusion in San Francisco means more than labor and optics, as Black contractors are being included but Black developers are being excluded from ownership and profit-participation rights in the project.
The 10 S. Van Ness Ave. residential tower in San Francisco has received city approval to rise to 820 feet, clearing the way for construction of what could become the city’s third-tallest building after more than a decade of delays.
The Housing Accelerator Fund is using modular construction to reduce the cost and time of building new homes in the Bay Area, and the Distel Circle affordable housing project is the first to receive financing from the fund’s Industrialized Construction Catalyst Fund.
The Vanguard covers housing because it is the root of many of the community’s biggest challenges, such as education, equity, public health, economic inclusion, aging in place, sustainability, transportation, and criminal justice.
Mayor Daniel Lurie celebrated the opening of two new affordable housing communities, Amani and Nia, and the groundbreaking of two additional developments, Blocks 7 and 9, marking a major milestone in the Sunnydale HOPE SF revitalization project, which will provide over 350 new homes for low-income families and legacy HOPE SF households.
San Francisco voters are supporting the creation of a public bank to fund affordable housing, small businesses, and climate initiatives, in order to build an economy that works for everyone and reduce the wealth gap.
A coalition of transit and housing advocates has urged Mayor Daniel Lurie to appoint a District 4 supervisor who will protect critical transit funding measures and not support a ballot measure to repeal Proposition K and dismantle Sunset Dunes.
Mayor Daniel Lurie cut the ribbon on the Dorris M. Vincent Apartments, a new affordable housing community in the Hunters Point Shipyard that will provide 73 units for San Francisco families, in honor of longtime community leader Dorris M. Vincent.
UC College of the Law San Francisco’s Academic Village project provides a replicable model for creative, cross-institutional solutions to San Francisco’s housing crisis, bringing together universities, hospitals, nonprofits and other anchor institutions to co-develop affordable housing for students, faculty and staff.
Tom Steyer has endorsed Senate Bill 79, legislation introduced by Sen. Scott Wiener, D-San Francisco, which seeks to address California’s housing crisis by allowing more homes near public transportation and reducing emissions.
Governor Gavin Newsom has announced the groundbreaking of two new affordable housing communities in San Francisco’s Fillmore District, part of an ongoing effort to convert underutilized state-owned land into housing for low- and extremely low-income Californians.
California’s housing crisis remains a major challenge, with cities struggling to meet production targets and state leaders failing to invest in solutions, despite promising local models and political will.
California is seeing a shift in the politics of housing, with new state legislation and a shift in the balance of power tilting towards reform, and while there are still challenges to overcome, the fight is no longer on the same old terrain.
Davis needs to stop stifling growth, affordability, and opportunity by rethinking its housing policies and building out rather than up to meet its housing demands.
A new audit has found that San Francisco’s internal budgeting system is wasting tens of millions of dollars annually due to inefficient practices, and is pushing for urgent reforms to increase transparency and accountability.