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US Markets Loading H M S In the news. Well, Manhattan is an island, you might say. San Francisco has strict height-zoning and sunlight-reserving regulations, limiting construction of buildings that shade certain public spaces. Frequent earthquakes also do not help the cause of building up. Throw in untouchable historical buildings and Not-In-My-Backyard attitude championed by the locals to get the picture why San Francisco is slow on expanding housing. But one outraging truth is that rent in San Francisco even lags behind the increasing income , according to SmartAsset calculations.
Keeping rents steady would currently require increasing the housing supply by 5, units, or 1. While there are many people pushing for easing restrictions on development and for more housing to be built in the Bay Area , others oppose it.
Some people believe that a wave of high-rises would transform the character of San Francisco. Other groups worry that new construction caters to the wealthy, and increasing housing density will displace lower-income residents. Hopefully, if we all pool our thoughts on this, then we can figure it out. A proposed statewide plan aimed at increasing housing would eliminate some of the hurdles developers have to jump through, with particularly big changes to the process in San Francisco.
The city is considering proposals to increase both density and affordability of housing. Kate Abbey-Lambertz covers sustainable cities, housing and inequality.
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