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SF also has some of the most ridiculously onerous zoning laws in the country. A HUGE portion of the city is just giant single family homes or 2-3 story buildin
by jboog 6y ago
SF also has some of the most ridiculously onerous zoning laws in the country.
A HUGE portion of the city is just giant single family homes or 2-3 story buildings and you are absolutely forbidden from redeveloping them into dense, affordable housing.
Change the zoning laws and developers will gladly build affordable market-rate housing.
- jpetso 6y agoYep. Vienna is all mid-rises, basically everywhere throughout the entire city. I imagine that changes the calculus considerably.
- thamer 6y agoYes, the zoning laws in SF are a disaster. This map[1] shows the extent of the problem. And it's not like people can easily find housing outside of SF and commute in, about 80% of the Bay Area is zoned for single-family housing as well. There was a damning report[2] from UC Berkeley on this just a few months ago. [1] https://sfzoning.deapthoughts.com/ https://sfzoning.deapthoughts.com/ [2] https://belonging.berkeley.edu/single-family-zoning-san-francisco-bay-area https://belonging.berkeley.edu/single-family-zoning-san-fran...