An Affordable Yerba Buena Loft (That’s Currently Bank-Owned)
Designated as one of the development’s required affordable units, the 722-square-foot unit #502 at Yerba Buena Lofts (855 Folsom Street) was purchased as new for a below market rate (BMR)…
Bonus Height Program for Affordable Developments Approved, But…
While San Francisco’s proposed Affordable Housing Bonus Program, which would allow market-rate developers to build up to two stories higher than currently zoned in exchange for pricing 30 percent of…
Bonus Height Fight Headed to the Ballot Box
With San Francisco’s proposed Affordable Housing Bonus Program, which would allow market-rate developers to build up to two stories higher than currently zoned in exchange for pricing 30 percent of…
Even Bigger Plans for More Housing and Height in the Mission
While currently only zoned for building up to 55-feet in height, the two players picked by the Mayor’s Office of Housing and Community Development to redevelop the Mission District parking…
Land for More BMR Units, But Later and Deeper in the Tenderloin
Rather than including 36 below market rate (BMR) units within the walls of its 304-unit development to rise at 1066 Market Street, or paying a $17.7 million in lieu of…
Affordable Housing Proposition C Passes in San Francisco
Proposition C, which will initially double the required percentage of below market rate (BMR) units for newly proposed developments in San Francisco with 25 units or more, has passed with…
Build More Housing Initiative Seeks 10K Units per Year through 2066
Entitled the “Build More Housing Initiative,” the paperwork for a proposed ballot measure which would establish a new “Housing and Inequality Task Force” was filed with San Francisco’s Department of…
Oaklanders Could Benefit from Preferences for Affordable Housing
While the City of Oakland already provides a general preference for those who live or work in the city to qualify for affordable housing which was built in conjunction with…
Bonus Height Debate Turned Up to Eleven and 100 Percent
Four months ago we reported that the debate over San Francisco’s proposed Affordable Housing Bonus Program (AHBP), which would allow market-rate developers to build up to two stories higher than…
State Legislation Could Streamline Development in San Francisco
Governor Brown’s proposed Streamlining Affordable Housing Approvals bill could potentially fast track the approval and permitting process for tens of thousands of units in San Francisco’s housing pipeline, allowing code…