Inclusionary housing

Construction cranes are seen over downtown San Francisco, Calif. Thursday, March 31, 2016. (Jessica Christian/2016 S.F. Examiner)

With last-minute tweaks, SF approves new below-market-rate housing mandates for developers

San Francisco continued to hash out details Tuesday of a proposed law…

 

Some residential projects underway in SoMa and in the Mission may be subject to new affordable housing requirements, prompting some housing advocates to cry foul, saying the new rules could hinder construction. (Ekevara Kitpowsong/ Special to S.F. Examiner)

New affordable housing rules head to Planning Commission

Should residential projects already planned in the Mission and South of Market…

 

Supervisors seek to expand rent control, raise inclusionary housing requirements

San Francisco has far from solved its housing crisis, but two supervisors…

 

The Planning Commission on Thursday unanimously approved a project to demolish a former theater and replace it with 90 residential units. (Kevin Kelleher/Special to S.F. Examiner)

Residential complex to replace century-old theater on Market Street

Some 90 new homes are destined along Market Street at a vacant, century-old theater…

The Planning Commission on Thursday unanimously approved a project to demolish a former theater and replace it with 90 residential units. (Kevin Kelleher/Special to S.F. Examiner)
The City is looking to make it easier to build more inclusionary housing. (Mike Koozmin/S.F. Examiner)

New legislation seeks to encourage more below-market-rate housing in SF

San Francisco wants to make it easier for developers to build below-market-rate…

The City is looking to make it easier to build more inclusionary housing. (Mike Koozmin/S.F. Examiner)
courtesy renderingDevelopers at 181 Fremont are negotiating to pay for below market rate units elsewhere instead of including the units in the building.

Downtown SF project may buy its way out of below-market-rate housing mandate

On a bright morning last November, Mayor Ed Lee stood in an…

courtesy renderingDevelopers at 181 Fremont are negotiating to pay for below market rate units elsewhere instead of including the units in the building.