Below Market Rate One-Bedroom Reduced
Purchased for $495,000 in January of 2020, the Below Market Rate (BMR) unit #101A at 45 Ora Way, a 684-square-foot, one bedroom condo that was remodeled in 2015, returned to…
A Projected Surplus in San Francisco Housing Production
San Francisco’s Planning Department has completed its first annual “Jobs-Housing Fit” report, a newly required analysis of “the fit between the housing needed by workers of new jobs located in…
Tenderloin Development Redesigned, Slated for Approval
Having been redesigned by Brick to retain and incorporate the existing garage’s façade on the O’Farrell Street site, a façade which was known to be a contributor to San Francisco’s…
City Seeking Developers for Nine Affordable Housing Sites
The Mayor’s Office of Housing and Community Development has issued a bulk request for qualified development teams interested in developing one or more of the following nine sites upon which…
Ground for 157 Affordable Apartments Will Be Broken Next Week
With financing having been secured and San Francisco’s first Navigation Center, which had temporarily occupied the former Phoenix Continuation High School site, having been shuttered/moved, the ground for 157 below…
A Six-Figure Salary Is NOT ‘Low Income’ in San Francisco
Despite making for a shocking headline, a “six-figure salary” is not actually considered “low income” for residents of San Francisco. Yes, for a household of four in the city, a…
Balboa Reservoir Announcement Pushed Back
While all the teams interested in buying, entitling and redeveloping the western 17 acres of the Balboa Reservoir site, which is currently a 1,000-space parking lot under the jurisdiction of…
Contentious Bonus Height Program Rebranded
While legislation to streamline the approval process for developers of below-market-rate housing in San Francisco to build up to three stories higher than zoned was adopted last year, the biggest…
Ballot Measure to Double Income Limit for Affordable Housing in S.F.
The paperwork for a proposed ballot measure which would double the maximum income that San Francisco residents can earn and still qualify for a Below Market Rate (BMR) apartment in…
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…