SF mayor unveils family zoning plan to meet state mandates, add housing density

SF housing paradox: Home prices fall as rents soar

San Francisco's housing market is telling two different stories in 2024, with home prices remaining low and rents nearly recovering to pre-pandemic peaks as The City struggles to meet its housing goals.

SF mayor unveils family zoning plan to meet state mandates, add housing density

San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie announced a legislative package aimed at overhauling decades-old zoning laws on Tuesday, the latest effort in his plan to increase the city's housing supply and make housing more affordable for families.

Lurie Uses Ingleside As Backdrop For ‘Family Zoning’ Presser

San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie announced the introduction of his controversial upzoning plan Tuesday morning at a press conference on Ingleside’s Ocean Avenue.Standing in Unity Plaza surrounded by city officials, supporters and easels with pictures of maps and streetscapes — and steps away from the soon-to-start Balboa Reservoir housing development — Lurie called Ocean Avenue a “zoning success story.”“As part of the Balboa Park Station Area Pl…

Lurie zoning plan has no support at all except the Yimby coalition

Mayor Daniel Lurie just released what he calls his “family zoning plan,” which could better be called a “rich family zoning plan,” since all it does is allow developers to build more dense housing for the wealthy and includes almost no affordable housing. None of this is new, and we all expected it. Lurie has taken the Yimby position that the free market will eventually make housing affordable, although the evidence for that is shaky at best. Th…

San Francisco Planning to Review Family Zoning Proposal Aimed at Creating 36,200 New Homes - The Registry

San Francisco’s long-anticipated Family Zoning Plan—formally known as Expanding Housing Choice—is moving forward as city officials work to meet critical state housing mandates and address longstanding patterns of segregation and housing scarcity. The initiative, a key component of the City’s Housing Element, aims to significantly increase residential density across San Francisco, particularly in neighborhoods historically […] The post San Franci…