April 9, 2019, Next City

A new law proposed in San Francisco could give nonprofit groups the first crack at buying multifamily buildings when they go up for sale, in an effort to preserve affordable housing in one of the most expensive cities in the country.

March 28, 2019, SF Weekly

The city’s current formula for funding affordable housing by charging office-space developers is based on a 1997 study. That could soon change.

March 11, 2019, San Francisco Chronicle

Peter Cohen, co-director of CCHO, said turning big single-family homes into modern-day boardinghouses seems fine, but converting existing apartment buildings or single-room occupancy hotels — as some co-living companies do — “is, effectively, shifting precious existing housing supply from one clientele to another.”

February 24, 2019, USA Today

In San Francisco, Fernando Marti, co-director of the Council for Community Housing Organizations, a non-profit that crafts affordable housing public policy, says he is grateful for the newfound corporate focus on the housing crisis, but is also skeptical about whether the gestures are too little, too late.

February 20, 2019

According to Peter Cohen, co-director of the Council of Community Housing Organizations, which advocates for affordable housing, the impetus behind Proposition K was to establish a systemic process where agencies combed their assets annually, prompting public discussion.

February 19, 2019

Figuring out the right way to balance these things is not an easy task. But it’s important to understand that that’s the question in front of us.

February 16, 2019

“There are a few projects that are a little iffy as far as where the money is going to come from,” Marti said. “These are projects that we expected the city to put out (requests for proposals) on, now they are telling us to wait a little bit” - Fernando Marti, executive director of the Council of Community Housing Organizations

January 24, 2019

A new partnership of Bay Area businesses and foundations is planning to raise $540 million for two funds to help build and preserve affordable and workforce housing

January 23, 2019

“The tax is a means to “discourage bad behavior,” such as people holding onto housing units only for investments, and free up critical housing.”

December 17, 2018

"San Francisco is losing stable rent-controlled units at an astonishing rate,” said Maya Chupkov, communications director at the Council of Community Housing Organizations.

December 12, 2018

“In this Housing Balance Report, authored by the Planning Department, we have the real story from the city’s own Building Permit data, Planning data, and Rent Board data” - Peter Cohen

December 11, 2018

Fernando Martí of the Council of Community Housing Organizations, who supports the proposal said in a statement that “the state of our evictions and speculation crisis demands that we have every tool possible.”

December 11, 2018

“The biggest piece to take away is that this will help preserve existing housing that our city can’t afford to lose to the speculative market,” said Maya Chupkov.

December 9, 2018

“There are a lot of numbers thrown around these days about housing,” Peter Cohen.

December 7, 2018

"I would argue that, at this point in San Francisco, that's probably the number one biggest problem we have of affordability," expressed Peter Cohen.

November 8, 2018

With the defeat of Proposition 10 in California, affordable housing advocates are looking toward the next fight.

November 4, 2018

There is a sentence buried in a 2007 San Francisco Planning Commission study that would appear to refute one of the most visible housing activist movements in California.

June 2, 2018

Whatever happens in the race, Peter Cohen, co-director of the Council of Community Housing Organizations, said the focus on affordable housing in the mayor’s race has been unprecedented.

May 21, 2018

Fernando Marti, co-director of the Council of Community Housing Organizations, said affordable buildings struggle to compete in a marketplace where most general contractors and subcontractors are busy building luxury high-rises and office towers.

May 10, 2018

A big change is coming to South of Market: The Central SoMa Plan is before the Planning Commission today. It is a massive neighborhood rezoning, estimated to generate 35,000 new jobs and at least 7,000 new homes by 2040.