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By the way, I agree to you that overall, more normal (market rate) housing is the only reasonable way to make more housing affordable. The absurd SF system of p
by xp84 2y ago
By the way, I agree to you that overall, more normal (market rate) housing is the only reasonable way to make more housing affordable. The absurd SF system of paying $664K (2019 figure) to build one 'BMR' unit, then using a lottery to distribute it to one lucky family, while keeping most of the city zoned for SFH and fighting every developer who wants to build anything on the scraps where density isn't outright banned, is absurd.
But I gave up on SF and left years ago because the majority of their voters apparently like the situation, since they keep electing the same set of people and supporting ballot measures to keep trying the same failed strategies. Just one more tax increase. Just one more blocked condo tower, just one more $100M bond, and we'll fix homelessness AND housing affordability. Just one more!