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Forgive me, I don't understand. Are you saying developers need to be forced to build housing? Developers will do anything to build more units, if you ask them t

Forgive me, I don't understand. Are you saying developers need to be forced to build housing? Developers will do anything to build more units, if you ask them to set aside units for affordable housing they will. In SF it's almost impossible for them to build anything..

jmalicki 11y ago
It seems like observing behavior of market participants shows developers won't build affordable units if asked: http://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/Developer-pulls-out-of-165-million-Transbay-deal-6690319.php http://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/Developer-pulls-o...
superuser2 11y ago
That "asking" is exactly the form of regulation I'm advocating. They won't do it out of the goodness of their hearts, but they'll do it if it's a prerequisite to build luxury housing.