Quantcast
Viewing all articles
Browse latest Browse all 49

Housing supply and demand theory on trial at City Hall

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.
Advocates outside City Hall yesterday shout for fair wages and affordable housing, but will they get both?
Photo by Joe Fitzgerald Rodriguez

The November ballot is shaping into a housing supply theory showdown, and yesterday’s [Thu/17] Board of Supervisors Rules Committee hearing was the first round.

The committee hosted two hearings on rival housing proposals for the November ballot: Sup. Jane Kim’s City Housing Balance Requirement and Mayor Ed Lee’s Build Housing Now initiative. The two purport to set similar goals for building affordable housing, but Lee’s proposal contains a poison pill that would invalidate Kim's measure. Read more »


Viewing all articles
Browse latest Browse all 49

Trending Articles