Application to Establish an ‘Airbnb’ Hotel Denied
The application to legally convert the three one-bedroom Nob Hill flats at 40-44 Pleasant Street from residential units into ‘hotel rooms,’ a move which would allow the building’s absentee owner…
Short-Term Rental Scofflaw Aims to Establish a Mini-Hotel
Tagged for illegally renting the three one-bedroom flats at 40-44 Pleasant Street as short-term rentals in violation of San Francisco’s so-called “Airbnb law,” the owner of the Nob Hill building…
Unaffordable Housing Threshold Hits $1.63 Million in San Francisco
The value at which a residential unit in San Francisco is now considered to be “demonstrably unaffordable and financially inaccessible” by the City’s Planning Department has just been raised to…
Legislation to Mandate Legalization of Illegal Units, Restrict Mergers
Legislation which would require special authorization from San Francisco’s Planning Commission in order to merge or remove any residential unit in the city – whether legal, illegal or demonstrably unaffordable…
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Legislation to Allow for New Rincon Hill Tower Poised for Adoption
Adopted back in 2005, the Rincon Hill Plan requires a minimum distance of 115 feet between new residential towers at their closest point. And the plan specifies that no exemptions…
The Potential Impact Of SF’s Bonus Height Program
San Francisco’s proposed Affordable Housing Bonus Program would allow developers in the city to build up to three stories higher than currently zoned, depending upon the percentage of ‘affordable’ units…
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Shadows Don’t Sink This Sixth Street Project, But…
Plans to raze the former City Life Church building at 363 6th Street, a building which was originally a candy factory and was briefly home to a bondage dungeon (the…
Legislation To Allow Building Up To Three Stories Higher
Proposed legislation which would allow developers in San Francisco to build up to three stories higher than currently zoned, depending upon the percentage of ‘affordable’ units included on-site, has been…
Supes Approve Stricter Eviction Rules, Allow For New Roommates
San Francisco’s Supervisors have unanimously approved legislation which will prohibit rent increases or evictions based on adding new roommates to an existing tenancy, will give tenants a chance to cure…
New Law Could Radically Alter Who Gets Affordable Housing In S.F.
As it currently stands, affordable or ‘Below Market Rate’ housing units in San Francisco are allocated by lottery with preferences given to households that hold a rare Certificate of Preference…