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Looking Back on 2016, Ahead Towards a Bright Future

Dec 12, 2016/ Comments 0 / in ADUs, Affordable Housing Bonus Program, Ballot Measure, Board of Supervisors, Brisbane Baylands, Friends of SFHAC, Governor Jerry Brown, Housing Hero Awards, Inclusionary Housing, MicroPAD, Planning Commission, Policy, Project Review Committee, State Density Bonus
Looking Back on 2016, Ahead Towards a Bright Future

The San Francisco Housing Action Coalition (SFHAC) experienced the ups and downs of the housing world during an eventful 2016. We want to look back at some of the memorable events of the last year. Most housing starts and ends at San Francisco’s City Hall. The first big win came in February when the Board…

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Mayor’s Office of Housing Rolls Out Prop A Funding

Aug 8, 2016/ Comments 0 / in Affordable Housing, Affordable Housing Bonus Program, Policy, Prop A Housing Bond
Mayor’s Office of Housing Rolls Out Prop A Funding

Last week, San Francisco Housing Action Coalition (SFHAC) members got a front-row seat at a briefing from Deputy Director Kate Hartley, Mayor’s Office of Housing and Community Development (MOHCD), on the various programs that agency is deploying to fund affordable housing. In particular, we got a report on how Prop A, the Affordable Housing Bond…

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Affordable Housing Bonus Program Faces A Vote On June 28th

Jun 27, 2016/ Comments 0 / in Affordable Housing Bonus Program, Ballot Measure, Board of Supervisors, density bonus, Land Use, Policy
Affordable Housing Bonus Program Faces A Vote On June 28th

This Tuesday, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors will vote on a portion of Sup. Katy Tang’s Affordable Housing Bonus Program (AHBP). Sup. Tang split the AHBP into two pieces at the Land Use Committee hearing on June 13th: the 100% affordable housing component and the Mixed-Income (market-rate) housing component. At that same June 13th hearing,…

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Two Ways to Build Affordable Housing – Which Do You Want?

Jun 16, 2016/ Comments 0 / in Affordable Housing, Affordable Housing Bonus Program, Inclusionary Housing, Land Use, Policy

On Tuesday, June 21st, the Board of Supervisors will vote between two very different plans to build affordable housing in San Francisco. The San Francisco Housing Action Coalition has reviewed and endorsed the proposed 100% component of the Affordable Housing Bonus Program. There’s an inferior competing proposal attempting to make a coup on this vetted…

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The Rise of the YIMBY

Jun 13, 2016/ Comments 6 / in Affordable Housing Bonus Program, Friends of SFHAC, Inclusionary Housing, Land Use, Legislation, Policy

I’ve had a revelation. I’m not going to complain about housing anymore. It doesn’t do any good. I’ve probably complained about the price or availability of decent housing in San Francisco every day for the last five years, and, if anything, the situation has only gotten worse. The city’s population continues to grow, and prices…

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Jerry Brown Wants “As-of-Right” Housing

May 23, 2016/ Comments 4 / in Affordable Housing, Board of Appeals, Land Use, Legislation, Policy
Jerry Brown Wants “As-of-Right” Housing

Last week, Governor Jerry Brown announced introduction of potentially landmark legislation that would allow for “as-of-right” housing in California. This means that developments meeting certain conditions would not be subject to discretionary review by local decision-making bodies, or endless appeals by disgruntled local neighbors. If you feel as strongly about housing as we do, then…

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Dwellings, Not Displacement in the Mission

May 12, 2016/ Comments 1 / in Affordable Housing, Inclusionary Housing, Land Use, Mission Moratorium, Policy
Dwellings, Not Displacement in the Mission

Last fall, voters soundly rejected the Mission Moratorium, a plan to stop thousands of homes proposed for that neighborhood. The vote showed that San Franciscans believe building more housing for people of all income levels is key to addressing the affordability crisis and preventing displacement in the Mission. Now that the Moratorium has been rejected,…

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SFHAC’s 2016 Policy Agenda

May 2, 2016/ Comments 0 / in Affordable Housing Bonus Program, Inclusionary Housing, Land Use, Legislation, Membership, Policy, Public Sites
SFHAC’s 2016 Policy Agenda

The San Francisco Housing Action Coalition (SFHAC) works to solve San Francisco’s housing crisis by creating new housing opportunities for all SF residents at all income levels. Our City needs more affordable, middle-income and market-rate housing, as well as a diversity of housing types for both renters and buyers. The SFHAC wants to ensure that…

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