Affordable Housing, Events, Land Use, Legislation, News, Press, Transportation 26 May 2015 Three Mayors Meet on Bay Area HousingLast Thursday evening, May 21st, the SF Housing Action Coalition hosted our 9th Annual Spring Forum reaching beyond the City’s… Housing Action Coalition
Affordable Housing, Land Use, Legislation, News 13 May 2015 Let’s Eliminate the Off-Site Radius!The City’s data show that for every person who gets an affordable home under the Inclusionary Ordinance, there are almost… Housing Action Coalition
Affordable Housing, Land Use, Legislation, News, San Francisco, Take Action 07 May 2015 Take Action: Let’s STOP the Mission MoratoriumThis week Supervisor David Campos proposed a 45-day moratorium on building new market-rate housing in the Mission District, extendable for… Housing Action Coalition
Affordable Housing, Land Use, Legislation, News, San Francisco 27 Apr 2015 Legislation Proposed to Reconsider Group HousingSan Francisco has different legal definitions of housing in its complex planning code. What we most commonly think of as… Housing Action Coalition
Affordable Housing, Events, Land Use, News 20 Apr 2015 Taking a Stroll Down a Renewed Mid-MarketOn a recent warm and sunny Saturday, the SF Housing Action Coalition’s staff met 20 of us at the corner… Housing Action Coalition
Affordable Housing, Events, Land Use, Legislation, News 06 Apr 2015 Inside 1400 Mission – A Successful Off-Site Affordable Housing DevelopmentThe SF Housing Action Coalition recently hosted a tour of 1400 Mission Street, one of San Francisco’s few housing developments… Housing Action Coalition
Affordable Housing, Land Use, Legislation, News, Take Action 30 Mar 2015 Draft Legislation for Inclusionary Reform Expected in AprilThere was a full room last Friday to hear Sarah Dennis-Phillips, a senior policy advisor in the Office of Economic… Housing Action Coalition
Affordable Housing, Elections, Land Use, Legislation, News, Planning 20 Mar 2015 “Housing Balance Monitoring and Reporting” Begins HearingsLast summer’s compromise between Mayor Ed Lee and Supervisor Jane Kim over housing policy resulted in Prop K, the “Housing… Housing Action Coalition
Affordable Housing, Land Use, Legislation, News, Planning, San Francisco 06 Mar 2015 San Francisco Housing Action Coalition’s 2015 Goals and PrioritiesThe San Francisco Housing Action Coalition (SFHAC) believes our City must increase its supply of well-designed, well-located housing at all… Housing Action Coalition
Affordable Housing, Legislation, News, San Francisco, Take Action 13 Feb 2015 Take Action: STOP the Housing Moratorium in the MissionBREAKING NEWS: Mission District Supervisor David Campos is proposing a housing moratorium to stop building market-rate housing in a large area around… Housing Action Coalition
Affordable Housing, Land Use, Legislation, News 26 Jan 2015 Where’s the Money? Funding Middle-Income Housing in San FranciscoLast Friday, Rebecca Foster, the City lead on the Mayor’s Housing Working Group’s Funding Sub-Group, spoke at our Regulatory Committee… Housing Action Coalition
Affordable Housing, Events, Land Use, News 20 Jan 2015 2175 Market Delivers Housing and Funky RetailMembers of the SF Housing Action Coalition recently joined a tour of the new mixed-use development at 2175 Market Street.… Housing Action Coalition
Affordable Housing, Land Use, Legislation, News, San Francisco 15 Dec 2014 Mayor’s 2014 Housing Work Group Wrap UpAfter 10-months and hundreds of hours spent on housing policy research and discussions, the Office of Economic and Workforce Development… Housing Action Coalition
Affordable Housing, Land Use, Legislation, News 17 Nov 2014 Increasing Housing Affordability in the Central SoMa Area PlanFollowing this month’s passage of Prop K, San Francisco has set a goal of ensuring at least 33 percent of… Housing Action Coalition
Affordable Housing, Land Use, Legislation, News 17 Nov 2014 How Berkeley Uses the Density Bonus LawAs San Francisco Planning Department staff continue to work on crafting a density bonus proposal, it’s useful to look to… Housing Action Coalition
Affordable Housing, Events, Land Use, Legislation, News 31 Oct 2014 Housing in 2015: Experts Expect the Boom to ContinueBy the end of 2014, more housing will have been built in San Francisco than in any other single year… Housing Action Coalition
Affordable Housing, Events, Land Use, Legislation, News 27 Oct 2014 Mayor Lee’s Housing Working Group: Latest InstallmentMayor Ed Lee convened the third “big tent” meeting since February with the City’s numerous housing stakeholders last Tuesday. As… Housing Action Coalition
Affordable Housing, Events, Land Use, News, Planning 06 Oct 2014 Lots of Opportunity for Housing in OaklandWe can all agree that housing production is a regional problem. Wanting to look outside our backyard, last week the… Housing Action Coalition
Affordable Housing, Land Use, Legislation, News 22 Sep 2014 Will the City Finally Pass a Density Bonus Law?San Francisco, according to a 2013 California appellate court ruling, has been out of compliance with the state’s density bonus… Housing Action Coalition
Affordable Housing, Events, Land Use, Legislation, News (Left to right): Eric Tao, Peter Cohen, Adam Koval, Oz Erickson, Sarah Dennis-Phillips and Tim Colen 22 Sep 2014 A Menu of Solutions for Housing AffordabilityHousing affordability has been in San Francisco’s headlines since the economy began to recover. To explore the controversy surrounding the… Housing Action Coalition
Affordable Housing, Legislation, News 09 Jun 2014 SF Planning Proposes a Trade-Off: Increased Inclusionary Housing for Permit Streamlining Housing Action Coalition
Affordable Housing, Legislation, News, San Francisco 23 May 2014 SPUR’s Analysis of Proposed Housing Balance LegislationAfter the draft release in April of Supervisor Jane Kim’s proposed Housing Balance legislation, SFHAC staff and several of our… Housing Action Coalition
Affordable Housing, Legislation, News 12 May 2014 Can We Make the Off-Site Inclusionary Option Feasible? Housing Action Coalition
Affordable Housing, Land Use, Legislation, News, San Francisco 14 Apr 2014 Supervisor Jane Kim Introduces “Balanced Housing Act”Last week, Supervisor Jane Kim introduced her controversial "Balanced Housing Act". In simple terms, it links the production of market-rate… Housing Action Coalition
Affordable Housing, Land Use, News, Transportation 24 Mar 2014 SFHAC Policy Work UpdateThe SFHAC Regulatory Committee is busy these days! For those of you not familiar with this Committee, this is the… Housing Action Coalition