News 03 Apr 2017 Central SOMA and a Region in FluxOn March 24th, the San Francisco Housing Action Coalition’s (SFHAC) Regulatory Committee heard from the Planning Department’s Steve Wertheim. Wertheim… Corey Smith
Legislation, News SONY DSC 20 Mar 2017 SFHAC Supports Assembly Bills 71 and 73The San Francisco Housing Action Coalition (SFHAC) is pleased to announce our “Intent To Support” for Assembly Bills 71 and… Corey Smith
Land Use, News 17 Mar 2017 FUF: Keeping San Francisco GreenOn March 10th, the San Francisco Housing Action Coalition’s Regulatory Committee heard from Jasmine Lim from the Friends of the… Corey Smith
Land Use, News 13 Mar 2017 New California Building Code Adopted Starting 2017The California Building Code (CBC) impacts housing development in San Francisco and across the state. Updates to the CBC occur… Corey Smith
Legislation, News 06 Mar 2017 Senate Bill 35 Holds All Cities Accountable for HousingThe San Francisco Housing Action Coalition (SFHAC) is pleased to announce our official support for Senate Bill 35. SB-35 is… Corey Smith
Affordable Housing, News 27 Feb 2017 The Real Numbers Behind Prop CThe following post was written by Oz Erickson and has been edited slightly for clarity. Oz is the Chairman of Emerald… Rob Poole
Affordable Housing, News 06 Feb 2017 Final Recommendations Introduced for Inclusionary Housing RequirementsThe City-appointed Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) has finished their analysis of how the San Francisco inclusionary housing requirements should be… Corey Smith
Interview, News 26 Jan 2017 Starcity: The Future of City BuildingJon Dishotsky and his team at Starcity want to build the cities of the future. Part dreamer, part urbanist, and… Corey Smith
Events, News 18 Jan 2017 Mass Timber – Why Wood You? Does Mass Timber offer a new opportunity to create taller, longer-lasting housing, all while saving costs? To find out,… Corey Smith
News, San Francisco 17 Jan 2017 SFHAC Applauds Land Use Committee AppointmentsLast week, Board of Supervisors President London Breed selected her appointees to the San Francisco Land Use and Transportation Committee.… Rob Poole
Friends of SFHAC, News 05 Jan 2017 FREE BEER Thanks To Panoramic InterestsPlease join the San Francisco Housing Action Coalition (SFHAC) for our monthly happy hours which, starting in February, will be… Corey Smith
News 03 Jan 2017 Announcing SFHAC’s Slate of Candidates for the 2017 Executive CommitteeThe San Francisco Housing Action Coalition is pleased to announce the 2017 slate of candidates for the Executive Committee, our… Housing Action Coalition
Affordable Housing, East Bay, Events, Friends of SFHAC, Legislation, News, Project Endorsements, Regional Updates, San Francisco, South Bay / Peninsula 12 Dec 2016 Looking Back on 2016, Ahead Towards a Bright FutureThe San Francisco Housing Action Coalition (SFHAC) experienced the ups and downs of the housing world during an eventful 2016.… Housing Action Coalition
Affordable Housing, Legislation, News 12 Dec 2016 The State Density Bonus Has Arrived in San FranciscoOn Thursday December 8th, the San Francisco Planning Commission approved the first market-rate housing project to apply the state density… Rob Poole
Interview, News 05 Dec 2016 Get to Know Todd David, SFHAC’s New Executive DirectorTodd David began as Executive Director of SFHAC on December 1st. Prior, he was the Political Director for Scott Wiener’s… Rob Poole
Land Use, News, South Bay / Peninsula 17 Nov 2016 The Environmental Cleanup Process for HousingWith the discussion of the contaminated Brisbane Baylands site coming to their City Council, we thought it’d be a good… Corey Smith
Affordable Housing, News 17 Nov 2016 SF Planning Commissioners “Impressed” with MicroPADSometimes you have to see it to believe it. Planning Commissioners Kathryn Moore and Dennis Richards visited the MicroPAD on… Rob Poole
Elections, News 14 Nov 2016 San Franciscans Vote Pro-Housing with Local Measures, MostlyDespite what many would call a shocking and disheartening result at the national stage last week, San Francisco fared pretty… Rob Poole
News, San Francisco Balboa Reservoir today. 14 Nov 2016 City Releases Request for Qualifications for Balboa ReservoirOn Thursday, the City of San Francisco issued a Request For Qualifications (RFQ) for the Balboa Reservoir site (pictured above),… Corey Smith
Affordable Housing, News, San Francisco 07 Nov 2016 SFHAC Members Awarded Bid to Build Affordable Housing in MissionTwo blue chip affordable housing builders were awarded the bid for the 490 South Van Ness project, Mission Local reported… Rob Poole
Affordable Housing, News 24 Oct 2016 Go Inside the MicroPAD, a New Solution for San Francisco’s HomelessSeveral months ago, local developer Panoramic Interests introduced a creative solution to address San Francisco’s homelessness crisis. Their proposed MicroPAD… Rob Poole
News, Press 24 Oct 2016 Breaking News: SFHAC Announces New Executive DirectorThe Executive Committee of the San Francisco Housing Action Coalition (SFHAC) announced that, following an extensive search process, Todd David has been… Tim Colen
Elections, News, San Francisco 10 Oct 2016 Why SFHAC Opposes Prop XWe all want to keep arts, industry, and nonprofits in San Francisco. This is the wrong way to do it.… Corey Smith
News 10 Oct 2016 State of the SF Housing Market: Summer 2016 Survey ResultsEarlier this year, SFHAC completed its first-ever ‘State of the SF Housing Market’. The goal was to get a snapshot… Tim Colen
News, South Bay / Peninsula 05 Oct 2016 Brisbane Mayor Lentz Responds to Baylands Annexation IdeaWe recently reported that the City of Brisbane is pushing for a massive development with up to two million square… Rob Poole