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This is specifically related to the SF Bay Area and there is a link to the source which has a easy-to-use Excel sheet of the data, so feel free to make an aweso
by zach 11y ago
This is specifically related to the SF Bay Area and there is a link to the source which has a easy-to-use Excel sheet of the data, so feel free to make an awesome geo-mashup:
http://www.lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3345#Technical_Appendix http://www.lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3345#Technical_App...
Also, the measure is not whether available housing is getting more expensive, but whether low-income households are being displaced.
- jimrandomh 11y agoThey aren't being displaced. There's a good breakdown of the new construction that's happened in http://rationalconspiracy.com/2015/05/25/new-york-times-makes-up-facts-about-sf-housing/ http://rationalconspiracy.com/2015/05/25/new-york-times-make... ; the short version is, new units are replacing vacant lots and abandoned buildings.
- raldi 11y agoI think you two are talking past each other because one of you is referring to "being displaced" in the sense of it happening because of new housing being built, and the other is referring to "being displaced" by the lack thereof.