SF supervisors OK taller buildings in exchange for affordable housing
By Rachel Swan
May 23, 2017 Updated: May 23, 2017 8:17pm
A housing density law that took two years to craft was approved by the San Francisco Board of Supervisors on Tuesday, notching a win for developers and pro-growth advocates who say the only way to make San Francisco affordable is to keep building.
The ordinance, which allows developers to build taller residential structures in exchange for making 30 percent of the units affordable, passed 10-1, with Supervisor Norman Yee dissenting. Yee had asked for a special exemption for the Ocean Avenue corridor in his district, but failed to get support from the majority of his colleagues.
Supervisor Katy Tang first proposed the city density law in 2015 as a means to produce more homes for middle-class families who don’t qualify for federally subsidized housing. Her initial version died under opposition from her progressive colleagues, who said it didn’t demand enough of developers, and from westside homeowners, who said it would cause new real estate projects to flood their neighborhoods...
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