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Hella News: Why San Francisco can’t build more housing

The city needs to build 82,000 units of housing by 2031, but San Francisco looks like it might be at risk of failing to meet this goal.

San Francisco faces a major deadline next year to show the state of California how it intends to build 82,000 units of housing by 2031.

But progress in meeting this deadline has hit roadblocks, and the city could lose huge sums of money if supervisors can’t figure out a realistic plan. This week’s episode of Hella News dives into the great housing debate, including a proposal to create fourplexes on single-family lots.

See previous episodes on the war over JFK Drive and U.S. Census data on different demographics in San Francisco neighborhoods.

Josh Koehn can be reached at [email protected]
Meaghan Mitchell can be reached at [email protected]