Group Housing ‘Loopholes’ Could Soon Be Closed
Many of the recently proposed Group Housing developments in San Francisco, with shared kitchens and living areas, have been positioned as creative solutions to maximize density and minimize rents in…
Airbnb Showdown At City Hall
The showdown between two competing pieces of legislation to further regulate ‘airbnb-ing’ in San Francisco is about to commence at City Hall. Without additional transparency and reporting from the hosting…
Mission District Housing Moratorium Rejected By Supervisors
The proposed legislative moratorium on market-rate housing development in San Francisco’s Mission District failed to be adopted by San Francisco’s Board of Supervisors last night, with seven of the eleven…
Stage Is Set For Market-Rate Housing Moratorium Vote
A net total of 627 housing units were built within the borders of San Francisco’s Mission District from 2010 through the end of 2014. Of those 627 units, roughly 10…
Ballot Measure Would Notify Neighbors Of Airbnb Activity
The proposed ballot measure which would limit the short-term rental of any residential unit in San Francisco to a maximum of 75 days a year would also prohibit any in-law…
Legislation To Close Eviction ‘Loophole’ Drafted
The merger or absorption of a non-permitted apartment back into the square footage of an existing house, a tactic which has been employed to re-establish properties as single-family homes in…
Housing Moratorium Showdown Slated For June 2
If San Francisco’s Board of Supervisors approve the motion this afternoon, the public hearing for the proposed legislative moratorium on any new residential construction, or the elimination/conversion of any existing…
Two Competing ‘Airbnb’ Amendments And Their Impact Report
The analysis is thin, but the summary table of major differences between the two competing pieces of legislation to amend San Francisco’s new short-term rental law, as prepared by the…
Ballot Measure To Restrict Airbnb Activity In San Francisco Filed
With the battle over how to regulate short-term rentals and Airbnb activity in San Francisco heating up, the text for the threatened ballot measure to amend the law which legalized…
Analyst’s Airbnb Findings And Recommendations For San Francisco
According to a new Legislative Analyst’s report, an estimated 25 to 50 percent of all Airbnb listings in San Francisco are for “commercially hosted” units, units which are continuously rented…