San Francisco's zoning makes it illegal to build apartments in 73.5% of the city

Re:San Francisco's zoning makes it illegal to build apartmen... by stale2002 on Thursday July 19, 2018 @03:18PM (#17569443)

If 10s of thousands of people are moving to an area, there is easily a way to build enough housing.

All you have to do is build more than 10s of thousands of apartments.

This really isn't that hard. Just pick a small 1 square mile area in a singular section of your city and say "THIS is the high density zone. Anyone can build any amount of 20-30 story buildings."

And then you simply keep zone laws the same in all the other "low" density areas.

Everyone wins. The new people who are moving to a city get their apartments, and the suburban people can keep their yards.

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:San Francisco's zoning makes it illegal to build apartmen... by eldavido on Thursday July 19, 2018 @03:30PM (#17569530)

This is what's happening in SF. The eastern side of the city is the high-density zone, and as prices get higher and higher, it's pushing farther west, into Cole Valley and the central Mission.

What's stopping the process is (a) rent-controlled tenants occupying buildings built before the time rent control no longer applies, and (b) prop 13. Both give people very strong incentives not to move.

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:San Francisco's zoning makes it illegal to build apartmen... by kazinator on Thursday July 19, 2018 @03:30PM (#17569529)

First you have to put a stop to all the speculation. Otherwise half of those apartments will be empty, owned by people overseas.

[ Parent | on HN ]