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Re:Lawsuits Block Thousands of Seattle Homes, $39M for Affor... by zip1234 on Monday February 27, 2023 @05:37PM (#34962990)
They don’t even need high rises—change the 1 story 800sq foot bungalow into a 2 story 4 plex and all the units can have more living space than the original and 4x more people can live somewhere—-but that is banned in most places even
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Re:Lawsuits Block Thousands of Seattle Homes, $39M for Affor... by zamnos on Monday February 27, 2023 @06:38PM (#34963653)
Maybe we live in different corners of SF, but I see mostly 3 story buildings in my neighborhood. What's needed are lots more 5 and 10 story buildings.
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Re:Lawsuits Block Thousands of Seattle Homes, $39M for Affor... by cmh89 on Monday February 27, 2023 @07:03PM (#34963895)
Considering the land value and demand, neighborhoods like Sunset are extremely low density. SF seems to have a lot of duplexes, even closer in where a two or three level building has two living units in it.
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Re:Lawsuits Block Thousands of Seattle Homes, $39M for Affor... by ianburrell on Monday February 27, 2023 @07:31PM (#34964139)
Housing needs to move up one level. The single family homes turn into 4 plex, the small apartments turns into 4-6 story, 6 story turn into towers. It doesn't need to be everything but it needs to be allowed.
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