Adam L. Brinklow

2 weeks ago | thefrisc.com | Adam L. Brinklow

Last week, San Francisco planners unveiled a new map meant to make room for tens of thousands of new homes, especially in low-rise western neighborhoods and along busy commercial corridors. The plan comes two years after officials promised to make room for more than 80,000 new homes by the end of 2031, more than half of them affordable.

3 weeks ago | thefrisc.com | Adam L. Brinklow

San Francisco is about to draw a new map. After two years of work, city planners will reveal tomorrow which streets and neighborhoods will be open to taller buildings. The citywide redesign — or upzoning, in planning parlance — is a big step in SF’s pledge to make room for tens of thousands of new homes, more than half of them affordable. The upcoming map is also prompting opponents of a denser city to raise a new alarm.

1 month ago | thefrisc.com | Adam L. Brinklow

As we saw in Part 1 of this report, the largest affordable housing subsidy in the country is a federal tax credit, according to SF’s Planning Department. It’s a crucial piece of a complex financial puzzle to build new homes for low-income residents. But Washington’s largest housing expenditure in San Francisco – nearly $400 million in 2024 – is all about keeping people in their homes: the Section 8 renter assistance program.

1 month ago | thefrisc.com | Adam L. Brinklow

San Francisco has pledged to make room for some 82,000 new homes by the end of 2031, and more than half must be affordable. Meeting that housing goal is unlikely, and will grow even more so if federal subsidies vanish – or if the federal agencies that supply key subsidies are cut to shreds.

1 month ago | thefrisc.com | Adam L. Brinklow

San Francisco housing developer Patrick McNerney recently said a remarkable thing. For more than five years, McNerney’s firm has been working on a residential project on the southwest side of Nob Hill. Last month, its fate was in the Board of Supervisors’ hands. The proposal, a 22-story tower with 303 new homes — about one third of them priced below market rate — would rise at the site of a former funeral home on Sutter Street.