Affordable Housing, Events, Land Use, Legislation, News 07 Dec 2015 $310mil Prop A Housing Bond Is Almost Ready for SpendingLast week, Mayor’s Office of Housing and Community Development’s (MOH’s) Deputy Director Kate Hartley and Director of Policy and Legislative… Housing Action Coalition
Affordable Housing, Land Use, Member Spotlight, News, Planning, Project Endorsements, San Francisco, Waterfront 07 Dec 2015 A Year in Review: SFHAC 2015 Project Review CommitteeThe SF Housing Action Coalition's advocacy focuses on the construction of well-designed, well-located, transit-friendly housing affordable for both renters and buyers.… Housing Action Coalition
Affordable Housing, Land Use, Legislation, News, Planning 23 Nov 2015 Why Reforming the Off-Site Radius MattersAfter two years of discussion and detailed analysis by a large number of stakeholders, including SFHAC, City Planning and the… Housing Action Coalition
Affordable Housing, Land Use, Legislation, News, Planning, Take Action 23 Nov 2015 New Legislation Would Create Certainty for 100% Affordable HousingAffordable housing faces all the same regulatory and public process challenges as market-rate development. All these hurdles can add months… Housing Action Coalition
Elections, Land Use, Legislation, News, San Francisco, Waterfront 09 Nov 2015 San Franciscans Vote Pro-HousingThe results of November 3rd’s election sent a loud and clear message that San Franciscans want both more housing and… Housing Action Coalition
Affordable Housing, Land Use, Legislation, News, Planning 09 Nov 2015 Calling All Renters – This One is for You!Last Thursday, November 5th, the Planning Commission heard the first details on the Affordable Housing Bonus Program (AHBP). However, even… Housing Action Coalition
Land Use, Legislation, News, San Francisco, Take Action 09 Nov 2015 Achieving Better Architecture in the Eastern NeighborhoodsOne thing was clear at the New Challenges for Eastern Neighborhoods forum: everyone is begging for better architecture in the… Housing Action Coalition
Interview, Land Use, News, Planning, San Francisco, Take Action 02 Nov 2015 1601 Mariposa’s 3-Year EvolutionPotrero Hill resident, Ron Miguel, has been involved in San Francisco land use since the 1980’s. Ron is a former… Housing Action Coalition
Land Use, Legislation, News, Planning 26 Oct 2015 Planning for the Mission Beyond November 3rdSupporters of the November 3rd Prop I - Mission housing moratorium ballot initiative - have described it as a “pause… Housing Action Coalition
Affordable Housing, Land Use, Legislation, News, Planning, San Francisco, Take Action 26 Oct 2015 Support the Affordable Housing Bonus Program!Join the SFHAC and SPUR in making the Affordable Housing Bonus Program (AHBP) a reality. The AHBP creates a new tool… Housing Action Coalition
Affordable Housing, Land Use, Legislation, News, Planning, San Francisco, Take Action 23 Oct 2015 Long-Awaited Affordable Housing Bonus Program IntroducedThe SF Housing Action Coalition strongly supports the SF Planning Department’s newly proposed housing policy, the Affordable Housing Bonus Program.… Housing Action Coalition
Land Use, Legislation, News, Planning, Transportation 28 Sep 2015 What’s Up With Housing in Seattle?Dan Bertolet, our special guest from Seattle, a blogger and planner at VIA Architecture, joined SFHAC last Friday morning, to… Housing Action Coalition
Elections, Land Use, Legislation, News, San Francisco, Waterfront 28 Sep 2015 SFHAC November 2015 Voter GuideOne of the most important things anyone can do for the City is get to the polls on November 3rd… Housing Action Coalition
Events, Land Use, Legislation, News, Planning, Take Action, Transportation 21 Sep 2015 Housing Potential Along the Taraval Transit CorridorLast Thursday, the SF Housing Action Coalition (SFHAC) took some members on a walking tour along Taraval Street in the… Housing Action Coalition
Friends of SFHAC, Interview, Land Use, Legislation, News, Transportation 31 Aug 2015 From Russia with Love (and Housing)Anastasia arrived in San Francisco from Russia at the age of six. Her family settled in the large Russian Orthodox… Housing Action Coalition
Land Use, News, Take Action 20 Aug 2015 Take Action: Support New Homes, Jobs and Open Space at 5MIn a dense city, we have very few opportunities to transform acres of parking lots and old commercial buildings into… Housing Action Coalition
Affordable Housing, Land Use, Legislation, News, Planning, Take Action 17 Aug 2015 Local Density Bonus Aims to Reach 30% AffordabilityLast Friday, Kearstin Dischinger from the Planning Department presented her team’s work on the Affordable Housing Bonus Program (AHBP), a… Housing Action Coalition
Affordable Housing, Land Use, Legislation, News, Take Action, Waterfront 17 Aug 2015 How Mission Rock Came to the 40 Percent Affordability MarkWhen San Franciscans go to vote on the Mission Rock development on November 3rd, they should have a strong understanding… Housing Action Coalition
Interview, Land Use, News, San Francisco 20 Jul 2015 Which Supervisors Are Helping and Hurting Our Housing Crisis?The SF Moderates are an all-volunteer, non-partisan political action committee that advocates for San Francisco values and common sense solutions.… Housing Action Coalition
Affordable Housing, Land Use, News, Planning, Transportation, Waterfront 06 Jul 2015 Another Missed Affordable Housing OpportunityAs we enter our third year of an affordability crisis, the SF Housing Action Coalition continues to ask, “How are… Housing Action Coalition
Affordable Housing, Elections, Land Use, Legislation, News 06 Jul 2015 How San Francisco Can Achieve Prop K’s GoalsSan Franciscans set an ambitious goal when they voted for Prop K in November of 2014. The measure states that the… Housing Action Coalition
Land Use, News, Planning, Take Action 29 Jun 2015 BREAKING: Central SoMa Plan Could Generate Up to $2B in Public BenefitsThe Central SoMa Plan, San Francisco's last area plan in the pipeline, has the potential deliver thousands of new homes… Housing Action Coalition
Affordable Housing, Land Use, Legislation, News 22 Jun 2015 Why the Off-Site Radius Should be RemovedBecause of the affordability crisis, there is enormous pressure on market-rate developers to increase production of affordable housing. If, under… Housing Action Coalition
Events, Land Use, Legislation, News, San Francisco, Take Action 08 Jun 2015 Board of Supervisors Refused Moratorium Last TuesdayLast Tuesday morning before the Board of Supervisors meeting, the SF Housing Action Coalition participated in a press conference hosted… Housing Action Coalition
Affordable Housing, Events, Interview, Land Use, Legislation, News, Planning, San Francisco, Take Action 08 Jun 2015 Q&A with Supervisor Campos on the MoratoriumThe next morning after the nine hour Board of Supervisor hearing on the Mission moratorium, Supervisor David Campos spoke to… Housing Action Coalition