Videos from UC Berkeley’s Urban Displacement Project breaking down what “gentrification” and “displacement” really mean.
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An infographic/report by CCHO breaking down the innovative framework of Jobs-Housing Fit, which examines how the population is growing and changing in an area to determine the types and affordability of housing needed within the same geography. This allows us to understand what the housing needs of an area actually are and evaluate how housing production is or is not meeting those needs.
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The latest UN report on housing focuses on the increasing financialization of housing and the negative ways this is impacting individuals and communities.
Read MoreBehind a number of the recently proposed policy “solutions” to San Francisco’s housing crisis is the theory of “filtering.” To explain why these policies that rely on market-rate housing and deregulation won’t actually make housing more affordable, CCHO created an infographic that breaks down the basics of filtering, the assumptions behind it, and the reasons it doesn’t work the way some say it does.
Read MoreCCHO’s annual report, published following the latest Housing Balance Report and Housing Inventory, that analyzes on a finer-grain level where affordable housing was produced and lost in neighborhoods across the City in 2015. This report shows the balance (or rather, imbalance!) of housing production as residents are experiencing it currently on the ground.
Read MoreA graphic chart designed by CCHO’s Fernando Martí showing who affordable housing serves, including what different “Area Median Income” (AMI) levels mean in terms of actual San Francisco wages, how affordable housing for those different income levels gets built, and where the gaps are. (Updated October 2017)
Read MoreThe San Francisco Anti-Displacement Coalition’s report on the current eviction crisis in San Francisco, including data on the increasing rate of eviction citywide and trends in types of evictions.
Read MoreRead [people.power.media]’s two-part series on public sites in San Francisco, which explains how designating public sites for public use would serve a broad range of residents who are being priced out of the City.
Read MoreFernando Martí’s latest presentation on the market’s inability to solve the affordability crisis and stop displacement, and CCHO’s alternative solutions (from UC Hasting’s conference, “What’s the G? Gentrification and the Myth of Fair Housing”).
Read MoreA report by CHPC and TransForm that underscores the importance of locating affordable housing by transit (and providing the state funding to make this possible!). Includes statics that show that lower income households near transit reduce their greenhouse gas emissions more than higher income households near transit.
Read MoreThe success of design or social innovation “solutions” to San Francisco’s housing crisis will depend on a framework for housing affordability that addresses fundamental issues underpinning the practical realities of achieving Housing for All.
Read MoreThe fifth Housing Balance Report released by the Planning Department, spanning the ten years from January 1, 2007 – December 31, 2016. The numbers say it all: the affordable housing balance for the past ten years is only 13.6%. (One note: The calculations used in the Housing Balance Report differ slightly from the deeper dive we publish each year with our annual Housing Snapshot Report, soon to be released.)
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April 2017
An article by George W. McCarthy of the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy on the principles behind and importance of land value capture.
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May 2016
The latest research from UC Berkeley’s Urban Displacement Project (Dr. Miriam Zuk and Professor Karen Chapple) calling into question the validity of a controversial report released by the Legislative Analyst’s Office in February 2016, and providing strong evidence that the most effective strategies for fighting displacement are the construction of affordable housing and policies to stabilize existing tenants – not simply building market-rate housing.
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October 9, 2014
[people.power.media]’s latest report debunking several of the “supply-side” arguments made about the housing crisis, and offering an alternative list of practical and immediate solutions.
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