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Massive San Francisco ‘Floating Cube’ Tower May Bring 826 New Homes

Massive San Francisco ‘Floating Cube’ Tower May Bring 826 New Homes

By Joe Burn
Sep. 29, 2022 • 12:24pm • 2m
SF Supervisors Seek ‘Pro-Housing’ Status Amid Tough Talk From Newsom 

SF Supervisors Seek ‘Pro-Housing’ Status Amid Tough Talk From Newsom 

By Sarah Wright
Sep. 28, 2022 • 2:54pm • 3m
Crumbling 1920s San Francisco Theater Could Become 76 Homes

Crumbling 1920s San Francisco Theater Could Become 76 Homes

By Garrett Leahy
Sep. 28, 2022 • 12:00pm • 3m
San Francisco Real Estate: 5 Huge Housing Projects That Beat Insane City Rules To Get Built

San Francisco Real Estate: 5 Huge Housing Projects That Beat Insane City Rules To Get Built

By Matthew Kupfer
Sep. 28, 2022 • 5:00am • 7m
An Obscure Committee Could Change SF’s Housing Rules. Here’s Why It Matters

An Obscure Committee Could Change SF’s Housing Rules. Here’s Why It Matters

By Sarah Wright
Sep. 28, 2022 • 6:53pm • 3m
Yelp CEO Jeremy Stoppelman on Why He’s Been a YIMBY Since Day One

Yelp CEO Jeremy Stoppelman on Why He’s Been a YIMBY Since Day One

By Anna Tong
Sep. 27, 2022 • 1:55pm • 4m
How San Francisco Ended Up With the Nation’s Richest Renters

How San Francisco Ended Up With the Nation’s Richest Renters

By Noah Baustin
Sep. 27, 2022 • 9:40am • 3m
SF’s Downtown Condos Are Piling Up And Pricing Down As Housing Market Cools

SF’s Downtown Condos Are Piling Up And Pricing Down As Housing Market Cools

By Kevin Truong
Sep. 26, 2022 • 4:20pm • 3m
Two Plus Two Equals Fourplexes: Sup. Mandelman Tries Again on Much-Maligned Housing Proposal

Two Plus Two Equals Fourplexes: Sup. Mandelman Tries Again on Much-Maligned Housing Proposal

By Sarah Wright
Sep. 19, 2022 • 6:41pm • 2m
Another Housing Denial: Concerns Over Apartment Size Kill 57 Units on Parking Lot 

Another Housing Denial: Concerns Over Apartment Size Kill 57 Units on Parking Lot 

By Sarah Wright
Sep. 19, 2022 • 6:33pm • 2m
Plagued San Francisco Luxury Apartment Residents Might Not Move Home For 9 Months

Plagued San Francisco Luxury Apartment Residents Might Not Move Home For 9 Months

By Garrett Leahy
Sep. 16, 2022 • 5:00pm • 2m
Meet the YIMBYs Behind ‘Sim Nimby’: A Game Loosely based on SF’s Housing Crisis

Meet the YIMBYs Behind ‘Sim Nimby’: A Game Loosely based on SF’s Housing Crisis

By Joe Burn
Sep. 15, 2022 • 1:05pm • 4m
Renters Lose, Owners Win During the Pandemic in San Francisco

Renters Lose, Owners Win During the Pandemic in San Francisco

By Sarah Wright
Sep. 16, 2022 • 10:53am • 3m
How San Francisco Makes It Insanely Hard to Build Housing

How San Francisco Makes It Insanely Hard to Build Housing

By Sarah Wright
Sep. 13, 2022 • 2:43pm • 10m
San Francisco Home Prices Fall 7% Amid Signs of a Slowdown

San Francisco Home Prices Fall 7% Amid Signs of a Slowdown

By Kevin Truong
Sep. 10, 2022 • 8:00am • 2m
Meet the Woman Stockpiling Cash to Sue San Francisco Over Housing Deadlock

Meet the Woman Stockpiling Cash to Sue San Francisco Over Housing Deadlock

By Anna Tong, Sarah Wright
Sep. 09, 2022 • 11:06am • 2m
Controversial Housing Measure Will Appear on November Ballot After Court Petition Fails

Controversial Housing Measure Will Appear on November Ballot After Court Petition Fails

By Sarah Wright
Sep. 07, 2022 • 4:21pm • 3m
Forget the Central Subway—What’s Happening With the Central Freeway?

Forget the Central Subway—What’s Happening With the Central Freeway?

By Alex Mullaney
Sep. 01, 2022 • 10:00am • 7m
California Lawmakers Reach Deal on Rival Housing Bills. Here’s What It Means for SF

California Lawmakers Reach Deal on Rival Housing Bills. Here’s What It Means for SF

By Manuela Tobias at CalMatters, Sarah Wright
Aug. 26, 2022 • 10:19am • 4m
San Francisco Gets $73M in State Funding For Homeless Rehousing to Buy These Two Buildings

San Francisco Gets $73M in State Funding For Homeless Rehousing to Buy These Two Buildings

By Annie Gaus
Aug. 24, 2022 • 6:19pm • 2m
Labor Unions Have a Week To Agree on State Housing Bills. Can They Do It?

Labor Unions Have a Week To Agree on State Housing Bills. Can They Do It?

By Manuela Tobias at CalMatters, Sarah Wright
Aug. 22, 2022 • 12:17pm • 4m
San Francisco RV Community Eyes More Permanent Home But Faces Tough Road Ahead

San Francisco RV Community Eyes More Permanent Home But Faces Tough Road Ahead

By Sarah Wright
Aug. 18, 2022 • 4:10pm • 4m
SF Housing Group Asks Court to Block Rival Measure From November Ballot

SF Housing Group Asks Court to Block Rival Measure From November Ballot

By Garrett Leahy
Aug. 17, 2022 • 6:15pm • 2m
San Francisco Luxury Apartment Residents Catch Contractor Stealing On Camera

San Francisco Luxury Apartment Residents Catch Contractor Stealing On Camera

By Garrett Leahy
Aug. 16, 2022 • 4:32pm • 1m
SF Luxury Tower Floods for 2nd Time in 3 Months. And Residents Don’t Know When They Can Move Back In

SF Luxury Tower Floods for 2nd Time in 3 Months. And Residents Don’t Know When They Can Move Back In

By Garrett Leahy
Aug. 11, 2022 • 2:56pm • 2m
SF Supervisors, Planners Grapple With Housing Reform Under State Scrutiny

SF Supervisors, Planners Grapple With Housing Reform Under State Scrutiny

By Sarah Wright
Aug. 12, 2022 • 11:04am • 4m
State Cracks Down on SF Housing Gridlock, Launching ‘First-Ever’ Review Aimed at Speeding Up Construction

State Cracks Down on SF Housing Gridlock, Launching ‘First-Ever’ Review Aimed at Speeding Up Construction

By Garrett Leahy
Aug. 09, 2022 • 4:49pm • 2m
San Francisco Plans To Invest in ‘Social Housing.’ What Exactly Is That?

San Francisco Plans To Invest in ‘Social Housing.’ What Exactly Is That?

By Sarah Wright
Aug. 05, 2022 • 2:38pm • 3m
Visualizing Eviction: See Where San Francisco Evictions are Edging Upwards

Visualizing Eviction: See Where San Francisco Evictions are Edging Upwards

By Liz Lindqwister
Jul. 28, 2022 • 2:40pm • 3m
Mayor Breed Axes Fourplex Bill, Saying It Will Sabotage Housing Production

Mayor Breed Axes Fourplex Bill, Saying It Will Sabotage Housing Production

By David Sjostedt
Jul. 21, 2022 • 4:36pm • 3m
Mayor Breed Vetoed the Board of Supervisors’ Fourplex Legislation. So Now What?

Mayor Breed Vetoed the Board of Supervisors’ Fourplex Legislation. So Now What?

By Kevin Truong
Jul. 26, 2022 • 9:40am • 3m
Housing Fight Could Wind Up in Court, With Advocates Planning to Sue Over Ballot Measure

Housing Fight Could Wind Up in Court, With Advocates Planning to Sue Over Ballot Measure

By Garrett Leahy
Jul. 25, 2022 • 12:18pm • 2m
‘Rotten to the Core’: San Francisco Could Get Sued Over Housing Gridlock, Says Legislator

‘Rotten to the Core’: San Francisco Could Get Sued Over Housing Gridlock, Says Legislator

By Annie Gaus
Aug. 01, 2022 • 11:55am • 3m
With One Fourplex Bill Dead, Another Rises From the Ashes

With One Fourplex Bill Dead, Another Rises From the Ashes

By Kevin Truong
Jul. 26, 2022 • 5:56pm • 3m
Controversial Housing Amendment Heads to Ballot, Lawsuit Likely

Controversial Housing Amendment Heads to Ballot, Lawsuit Likely

By Garrett Leahy
Jul. 26, 2022 • 4:58pm • 2m
Local Unions Lock Horns Over Competing Housing Measures

Local Unions Lock Horns Over Competing Housing Measures

By Garrett Leahy
Jul. 08, 2022 • 11:00am • 3m
Historic Strike at Homeless Nonprofit? Tenderloin Housing Clinic Employees Veer Toward Unprecedented Work Stoppage

Historic Strike at Homeless Nonprofit? Tenderloin Housing Clinic Employees Veer Toward Unprecedented Work Stoppage

By Chris Roberts
Jul. 06, 2022 • 2:42pm • 4m
Tenants Battle One of SF’s Biggest Landlords Over Covid-Related Evictions: ‘I Will Be On the Street’

Tenants Battle One of SF’s Biggest Landlords Over Covid-Related Evictions: ‘I Will Be On the Street’

By Lisa Moreno
Jul. 13, 2022 • 12:57pm • 5m
Tax on Empty SF Housing Units to Appear on November Ballot

Tax on Empty SF Housing Units to Appear on November Ballot

By Garrett Leahy
Jun. 30, 2022 • 4:17pm • 3m
Sheltered: A Guide to Where You Might Land in SF If You Lose Your Home

Sheltered: A Guide to Where You Might Land in SF If You Lose Your Home

By David Sjostedt
Jun. 29, 2022 • 6:39pm • 3m
Buyers’ Market? Real Estate Sellers Slash Prices as SF Market Cools

Buyers’ Market? Real Estate Sellers Slash Prices as SF Market Cools

By Kevin Truong
Jul. 08, 2022 • 2:58pm • 4m
Despite Reforms, San Francisco Is Building Fewer Homes Now Than Before

Despite Reforms, San Francisco Is Building Fewer Homes Now Than Before

By Sarah Wright
Jun. 23, 2022 • 3:54pm • 3m
Fourplex Bill Passes, But Won’t Create Much Housing

Fourplex Bill Passes, But Won’t Create Much Housing

By Sarah Wright
Jun. 28, 2022 • 2:44pm • 2m
Protestors rally in SF to stop evictions.

SF Renter Evictions Have Plummeted Amid the Pandemic

By Matt Smith
Jun. 18, 2022 • 11:18am • 2m
‘A Lifesaver’: Worries, Uncertainty Surround Tenderloin Center’s Closure

‘A Lifesaver’: Worries, Uncertainty Surround Tenderloin Center’s Closure

By Garrett Leahy
Jun. 17, 2022 • 5:55pm • 4m
The Great Enrollment Hope Behind Building a New School in Mission Bay

The Great Enrollment Hope Behind Building a New School in Mission Bay

By Ida Mojadad
Jun. 16, 2022 • 6:11pm • 2m
Breed’s Housing Measure Heads to November Ballot, While a Competing Proposal Looms

Breed’s Housing Measure Heads to November Ballot, While a Competing Proposal Looms

By Garrett Leahy
Jun. 16, 2022 • 5:24pm • 3m
Video by Mike Kuba

Muni is Getting in the Housing Game. Will the Politics of Affordability Kill Its Plans?

By Sarah Wright
Jun. 21, 2022 • 6:30am • 7m
San Francisco’s ‘Crazed’ Housing Market Is Seeing a Cooldown—But That Doesn’t Mean It’s Becoming Affordable

San Francisco’s ‘Crazed’ Housing Market Is Seeing a Cooldown—But That Doesn’t Mean It’s Becoming Affordable

By Kevin Truong
Jun. 10, 2022 • 2:19pm • 3m
The Standard on KQED: Diving into the Issue of Turning Office Buildings into Housing 

The Standard on KQED: Diving into the Issue of Turning Office Buildings into Housing 

By Kevin Truong
Jun. 09, 2022 • 2:15pm • 1m
Hotels Demand SF Pay Up for Damage During Shelter-in-Place

Hotels Demand SF Pay Up for Damage During Shelter-in-Place

By Annie Gaus
May. 24, 2022 • 10:36am • 2m
Tenderloin Housing Clinic Workers Rejoice as Breed Floats a Raise for Nonprofit Staff

Tenderloin Housing Clinic Workers Rejoice as Breed Floats a Raise for Nonprofit Staff

By David Sjostedt
May. 25, 2022 • 3:14pm • 2m
A Fourplex on Each Lot: In Debate Over Upzoning SF’s Westside, One Proposal Emerges as the Strongest

A Fourplex on Each Lot: In Debate Over Upzoning SF’s Westside, One Proposal Emerges as the Strongest

By Sarah Wright
May. 16, 2022 • 2:15pm • 2m
Turning Downtown Offices Into Housing Isn’t the Solution You Think It Is

Turning Downtown Offices Into Housing Isn’t the Solution You Think It Is

By Kevin Truong, Sarah Wright
May. 09, 2022 • 3:45pm • 8m
Hella News: Why San Francisco Can’t Build More Housing

Hella News: Why San Francisco Can’t Build More Housing

By Josh Koehn, Meaghan Mitchell
May. 05, 2022 • 12:27pm • 1m
San Francisco Has Hundreds of ‘Historic Places’ and Landmarks. How Does That Work?

San Francisco Has Hundreds of ‘Historic Places’ and Landmarks. How Does That Work?

By Sarah Wright
May. 03, 2022 • 1:46pm • 4m
With More Enforcement Power Than Ever, State Relies on Housing Activists To Enforce Duplex Law

With More Enforcement Power Than Ever, State Relies on Housing Activists To Enforce Duplex Law

By Manuela Tobias at CalMatters, Sarah Wright
Apr. 22, 2022 • 10:04am • 7m
Bumblebee ceiling bed

Is This Ceiling-mounted Bed in a Tiny, $600,000+ Studio the Future of SF Living?

By Anna Tong
Apr. 14, 2022 • 6:30am • < 1m
City Eyes Two New Buildings for Permanent Homeless Housing

City Eyes Two New Buildings for Permanent Homeless Housing

By David Sjostedt
Apr. 05, 2022 • 5:02pm • 1m
Fourplexpalooza Continues: Supes Wrestle With Westside Development

Fourplexpalooza Continues: Supes Wrestle With Westside Development

By Sarah Wright
Apr. 11, 2022 • 7:11pm • 3m
Housing Shell Game: Supes’ Latest Actions Set to Slow New Housing as State Mandates Loom

Housing Shell Game: Supes’ Latest Actions Set to Slow New Housing as State Mandates Loom

By Sarah Wright
Apr. 04, 2022 • 7:36am • 8m
Board of Supervisors in 3 Minutes: Rent Relief, Retaliation, and Transparency

Board of Supervisors in 3 Minutes: Rent Relief, Retaliation, and Transparency

By Mike Ege
Apr. 04, 2022 • 1:50pm • 2m
San Francisco Moves to Restart Rent Relief as State Bows Out

San Francisco Moves to Restart Rent Relief as State Bows Out

By Mike Ege, David Sjostedt
Mar. 31, 2022 • 5:21pm • 2m
Blocked Downtown Project Emerges as Sticking Point in AD17 Race

Blocked Downtown Project Emerges as Sticking Point in AD17 Race

By Mike Ege
Mar. 29, 2022 • 3:17pm • 3m
California Lawmakers Struck a Deal on Eviction Protections as Local Relief Lags

California Lawmakers Struck a Deal on Eviction Protections as Local Relief Lags

By Manuela Tobias at CalMatters, David Sjostedt
Mar. 28, 2022 • 5:09pm • 5m
New Exhibit, ‘House of Commons,’ Explores Promise and Pitfalls of Communal Living Structures

New Exhibit, ‘House of Commons,’ Explores Promise and Pitfalls of Communal Living Structures

By Christina Campodonico
Mar. 30, 2022 • 9:11am • 6m
City Accuses Construction Companies of Pollution, Zoning Law Violations Near Candlestick Point

City Accuses Construction Companies of Pollution, Zoning Law Violations Near Candlestick Point

By Bay City News
Mar. 10, 2022 • 3:52pm • 2m
​​The Q&A: How Will Urban Vision Alliance Bring SF Businesses, Nonprofits Together to Fight Homelessness? 

​​The Q&A: How Will Urban Vision Alliance Bring SF Businesses, Nonprofits Together to Fight Homelessness? 

By Kevin Truong
Mar. 02, 2022 • 5:42pm • 3m
Transitional Housing Pop-Up Opens in SoMa

Transitional Housing Pop-Up Opens in SoMa

By Sarah Wright
Mar. 08, 2022 • 7:21pm • 2m
Recalled School Board Member Alison Collins Filed Plans to Fix Illegally Merged Flats

Recalled School Board Member Alison Collins Filed Plans to Fix Illegally Merged Flats

By Anna Tong
Mar. 04, 2022 • 6:30am • 2m
YIMBY Takes Another Swing at Housing Reform With New Ballot Initiative

YIMBY Takes Another Swing at Housing Reform With New Ballot Initiative

By Sarah Wright
Mar. 04, 2022 • 2:14pm • 2m
More than 800 Homes Remain Unfilled as Thousands of Unhoused Sit on Waitlist

More than 800 Homes Remain Unfilled as Thousands of Unhoused Sit on Waitlist

By Sarah Wright
Feb. 25, 2022 • 7:54am • 1m