The claim that low income persons would oppose new low income housing in rich areas that they do not live in is not believable and I'd love to see the evidence of that. There is none.
People need to stop trying to make the housing issue a one dimensional fight of pro-housing vs anti-housing. It's dramatically more complex than that.
> If the city suggested building mid rise buildings with a percentage of below market units in leafy rich neighbourhoods far from low income areas you'd see that low income persons would be quite happy about this development. The rich wouldn't be.
I don't believe that. There are many in SF who oppose all new construction, and many others who want 100% of new construction to be subsidized housing.