San Francisco’s $50 Billion Affordable Housing Problem

Incase you’re wondering how San Francisco’s housing crisis is going, there’s a new TV series in which <a href="https://www.nbc.com/nbc-insider/everything-to-know-about-twisted-metal-star-anthony-mackie" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">Anthony Mackie travels a post-apocalyptic wasteland</a> and fights a 300-pound killer clown because someone promises him an SF condominium — and this doesn’t feel like a totally implausible scenario. The good news is that the city has committed to try to produce some 5,700 new affordable homes per year through 2031 under its new <a href="https://sfplanning.org/project/housing-element-update-2022" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">Housing Element</a>, a blueprint required by the state every eight years. <a href="https://thefrisc.com/sf-must-build-46-000-affordable-homes-asap-its-time-to-say-how-and-where-d75f314e9c5a" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">As The Frisc previously reported,</a> that tally would be more housing than SF has created in any recorded year ever. <a href="https://thefrisc.com/san-franciscos-50-billion-affordable-housing-problem-41793f1772ff">Read More</a>