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To the extent that SF renters are organized, they're organized around groups and ideologies that don't prioritize supply a solution. They're focused on things l
by closeparen 4y ago
To the extent that SF renters are organized, they're organized around groups and ideologies that don't prioritize supply a solution. They're focused on things like rent control, just cause eviction, foreign/institutional investor boogeymen, and preventing even substantially or fully below-market housing developments because they still threaten to upset what renters believe is a delicate balance their neighborhoods/communities depend on.
It makes sense, renters who are politically engaged and organized are more likely to be long-term residents, and being able to preserve your tenancy/community is a different thing from being able to easily move or upgrade.
- prottog 4y ago> They're focused on things like rent control, just cause eviction, foreign/institutional investor boogeymen, and preventing even substantially or fully below-market housing developments Which is funny, since every single thing here makes the situation worse, because it ensures that new developments will be more expensive and riskier.