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
Events, Legislation, News 11 May 2015 SF Takes On New Long Range Planning InitiativesApparently, what we think of as the modern city first occurred in London in the mid-1800s. It was facilitated by… 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
Events, Land Use, Legislation, News, Take Action, Transportation 04 May 2015 The History and Future of Granny Flats in San FranciscoFor decades, accessory dwelling units (ADUs) were hotly contested in San Francisco. Concerns over parking and added density raised issue… 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
Friends of SFHAC, Interview, Land Use, Legislation, News 20 Apr 2015 How to Get Ahead of the Middle Income Housing CurveRobert Selna, Oakland resident and Friends of SFHAC member, sat down with the SF Housing Action Coalition to share his… Housing Action Coalition
Events, Legislation, News, San Francisco 13 Apr 2015 Legislation to Stop Flushing Hetch Hetchy in New DevelopmentsThe inexorable realities of a drought, California’s finite water resources have urgently forced water recycling upon us. Sup. Scott Wiener… Housing Action Coalition
Friends of SFHAC, Land Use, Legislation, Member Spotlight, News, Planning, San Francisco 13 Apr 2015 You Spoke, the Mayor Listened: Update on the Mission Housing MoratoriumOn February 13, a proposed moratorium on market-rate housing in the Mission District triggered the largest community outcry in favor… Housing Action Coalition
Land Use, Legislation, News, San Francisco 06 Apr 2015 Mayor Lee Commits to $250M Housing Bond in November 2015Mayor Ed Lee convened a gathering of the City’s housing stakeholders at City Hall last Wednesday to announce his full… 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
Events, Land Use, Legislation, News, Transportation 27 Mar 2015 How Smart Design & Non-Profit Management Make Affordable Housing SuccessfulOn March 21st, the SF Housing Action Coalition along with the SF Bicycle Coalition & Emerging Leaders Peer Network hosted a… Housing Action Coalition
Land Use, Legislation, News, Waterfront 25 Mar 2015 BREAKING NEWS: Court Ruling Indicates Prop B May Be In TroubleAs participants in a lawsuit challenging the legality of Prop B, the waterfront height limits ballot initiative passed last June,… 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
Land Use, Legislation, News, Planning, San Francisco 16 Mar 2015 Sup. London Breed’s Night Club Legislation Begins HearingsWhile we suspect most readers have views on the best local night spots and what clubs they visit for a… Housing Action Coalition
Interview, Land Use, Legislation, Member Spotlight, News 16 Mar 2015 Q+A with Amanda Loper: SFHAC’s Project Review Chair + Star ArchitectThe SF Housing Action Coalition continues to strive to place the best and brightest our Executive Committee to keep our… 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
Events, Land Use, Legislation, News 23 Feb 2015 Co-Living is Coming to San FranciscoCo-Living is coming, and as we are all well aware, housing is the Bay Area’s burning topic of the day.… Housing Action Coalition
Land Use, Legislation, News, Waterfront 16 Feb 2015 SFHAC Joins State Lands Commission Lawsuit Challenging Prop BIn January 2015, the SF Housing Action Coalition (SFHAC) joined four other organizations in an amicus brief that supports the… 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
Events, Land Use, Legislation, News, San Francisco 09 Feb 2015 Smaller-Scale Planning Initiatives Could Guide Future Housing DevelopmentOn February 3rd, SFHAC, SPUR and the AIA San Francisco co-sponsored a panel that focused on the next steps in… 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, 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
Land Use, Legislation, News, Transportation 08 Dec 2014 Less Parking = More Benefits and Reduced CostsCities and innovation are often considered synonymous. But for a variety of reasons, the two fields most responsible for building… Housing Action Coalition
Legislation, News, San Francisco 24 Nov 2014 Interest Grows in Water Sub-MeteringOn Monday, November 17th, a group of SFHAC members met with Supervisor Scott Wiener and his aide, Jeff Cretan, to… Housing Action Coalition
