CCHO IN THE NEWS
“Rents on Fire: Vancouver Follows San Francisco’s Lead to Curb Rental Crisis”
July 26, 2017
An estimated 24,500 households in Vancouver are in need of more affordable housing.
“Inclusionary Housing Is a Lasting Legacy Policy”
June 2, 2017
We’ve reached a major milestone in the evolution of The City’s “inclusionary housing” policy, which ensures that market-rate developers build mixed-income communities that include a percentage of permanently affordable units.
“Can Developers Afford San Francisco’s Escalating Affordable Housing Requirements?”
May 18, 2017
San Francisco's new deal over affordable housing requirements is raising concerns that housing production will slow significantly.
“Proposal Seeks to Shake Up How SF’s Affordable Housing Is Priced”
May 12, 2017
Two competing affordable housing philosophies go head-to-head this week in San Francisco City Hall. One intends to keep middle-class families in a city that’s become increasingly white collar. The other seeks to build more affordable housing for the poor.
“The Real Facts about the Affordable Housing Debate”
March 23, 2017
A pile of misinformation skews debate about how much below-market housing developers should have to provide.
“Don’t Gamble with Housing for the City’s Workforce”
February 23, 2017
A new proposal to change The City’s Inclusionary Housing program is threatening to make it even more difficult for lower-income San Francisco workers to find homes.
“SF Controller’s Affordable Housing Compromise Gets Mixed Response”
February 2, 2017
It was intended to help San Francisco come up with a plan for alleviating its housing crisis.
“SoMa Developer Dodges Local Laws, Upzones New Building Automatically”
December 13, 2016
Almost any big project in the city has the same option, but nobody has pursued it until now.
“First S.F. Housing Project Gets Bigger Using State Law, Prompting Backlash”
December 12, 2016
A project with 200 micro-units has been approved, the first time a San Francisco housing project has used the state's density bonus program, which allows developments with affordable housing to rise 35 percent higher.
“SF Small Sites Affordable Housing Could Get Funding Boost”
October 25, 2016
A city program meant to keep at-risk tenants in place and transform small buildings into permanently affordable housing may get a funding boost soon thanks to new legislation to be introduced today at the Board of Supervisors.
“Progressives Propose Alternative Density Program”
May 18, 2016
Supervisors Aaron Peskin and Eric Mar announced forthcoming legislation on Tuesday that would allow developers to build denser, taller buildings on certain lots around the city if the buildings are fully affordable.
“Progressives Propose Alternative Density Program”
May 18, 2016
Requiring private developers in San Francisco to rent 20 percent of units in new apartment buildings at below-market prices would slow down construction of housing, the city controller concludes.
“Hundreds of SoMa Residents Get Relief from Hefty Rent Increase”
Hundreds of SoMa residents worried that their affordable rents could soon more than double can now rest easy. The city has cut a deal with the owner of South Beach Marina Apartments at 2 Townsend St. to keep the units at below-market prices.
“Winners, Losers in SF Panel’s Compromise on Affordable Housing”
The high-stakes fight over which San Francisco housing developers will be required to increase affordable-housing levels significantly if Proposition C passes in the June 7 election spilled into public view Monday, with some developers claiming a raw deal.
“New Affordable Housing Rules Head to Planning Commission”
March 31, 2016
Should residential projects already planned in the Mission and South of Market neighborhoods have more affordable housing?
“Inclusionary Housing: More for the Many, Not Just the Few”
February 28, 2016
This Tuesday, the Board of Supervisors is poised to put a very important measure before the voters on this coming June’s ballot. If they vote yes, which seems likely, it will be one small step for the Board, one giant step for San Franciscans.
“Good Changes Ahead for Inclusionary Housing”
A big and exciting change is coming down the pike for the City’s inclusionary housing requirement.
“Density Done Right in the City”
February 9, 2016
As San Francisco’s affordability crisis continues unabated, there is almost universal consensus that we need to expand housing opportunities that are affordable to working-class residents in all neighborhoods of The City.
“Supes to Propose Charter Amendment on Development”
January 12, 2016
A charter amendment that more than doubles the amount of below-market-rate housing required in private residential developments — and shifts the policy-making process for such a change from the voters back to the Board of Supervisors — is on track for the June ballot.
“S.F. Proposal Would Double Affordable Housing Requirements”
January 12, 2016
The proposal by Supervisor Jane Kim is likely to spark a fight with market-rate developers who have argued that increasing affordable housing requirements may kill some projects, resulting in less affordable housing.