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On Mission street in my neighborhood alone there are at lease 3 large lots with derelict buildings on them and they've been that way for years. There are quite
by ultrasaurus 12y ago
On Mission street in my neighborhood alone there are at lease 3 large lots with derelict buildings on them and they've been that way for years. There are quite a few other smaller parcels on Mission and smaller streets.
If we want to take housing seriously, let's start with a law that says "If the building is abandoned for 5 years, you lose it, it becomes housing."
- tptacek 12y agoUnless SF eliminates its insane height restrictions, the very few buildings that would be repurposed in this fashion would immediately become $4000 apartments.
- ultrasaurus 12y agoIt's a few drops in the bucket, yes -- but if we can't even bring ourselves to turn derelict buildings into housing, it's hard to claim that we're serious about solving the problem.