Latest Housing News
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![The Gateway at Millbrae Station is a new development along Rollins Road in Millbrae, Calif., that will bring housing, office space and restaurants next to the city’s BART terminal.]()
Huge new BART housing development on the Peninsula will test whether...The Millbrae development is a multiuse project bringing homes, office space and restaurants next to a major transit hub.By J.K. Dineen
Homeless
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![A dwelling at the Wood Street encampment in Oakland on Thursday, Jan. 12, 2023. The city is rushing to clear the huge homeless camp to avoid losing affordable housing funds.]()
Oakland says it needs to clear huge Wood Street homeless camp — or lose...Oakland, like many Bay Area cities, is dealing with a spiraling homeless crisis, but it’s unusual for a city that’s trying to build affordable housing to have to displace homeless residents to do so.By Sarah Ravani
Renting
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![The sunrise is reflected in the windows of homes near San Francisco’s Twin Peaks area during early morning hours in December.]()
S.F. is full of big, empty homes. This bill would make it easier to...Supervisor Myrna Melgar has introduced legislation that streamlines approval to replace single-family homes with two-, three-, and four-unit buildings.By J.K. Dineen
Housing & Mass Transit
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![Starting at 3 a.m. on Oct. 29, 2022, more than 300 cement trucks lined up to pour the foundation of Treasure Island’s first high-rise, a 20-story apartment tower right by the ferry terminal.]()
Treasure Island’s first high-rise tower under way with 8,000 homes...Bay Area residents have been hearing about the redevelopment of Treasure Island for two decades, with little progress to show for it. But a visit to the island leaves no doubt it’s now teeming with...By J.K. Dineen -
![North Berkeley BART station and parking lot for a planned site of a future social housing which will create units in buildings for people of varying incomes -- low income, middle income and wealthier -- and have a pathway to home ownership on Wednesday, March 10, 2021 in Berkeley , Calif.]()
By Lauren Hernández and Sarah Ravani
More on the Housing Crisis
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S.F.’s largest landlord defaults on massive loan. What does it mean for the future of city’s real...
![FILE PHOTO-Yat-Pang Au, chief executive officer Veritas Investments, stands for a portrait in 735 Taylor St. on December 6, 2017 in San Francisco.]()
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![This slim parking lot at 1010 Mission St. in San Francisco is the subject of the latest housing debate.]()
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![38% of San Francisco’s land is zoned for single-family homes.]()
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![People gathered to hear presentations and debate plans for the Fillmore Heritage Center’s future in 2019. The building of the complex in 2007 was an effort to stimulate commerce in a historically Black neighborhood, however this goal was never achieved.]()
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![Alvin Hendrix pours creamer into his coffee while dining at Scott’s Seafood Grill and Bar in Oakland, where he spent many holidays with his family.]()
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![President Barack Obama holds a Warriors jersey during the team’s visit to the White House on Feb. 4, 2016, that celebrated Golden State’s 2015 NBA title.]()
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![Long lines are seen at the DMV on San Francisco’s Fell Street in 2012.]()
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![A single family home sits at 3832 18th St. in San Francisco’s Mission District, the site of a proposed apartment building.]()
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![Following a 2020 state law, California landlords can no longer refuse to rent to Section 8 tenants. The state has filed its first lawsuit against homeowners who allegedly evicted a tenant based on her status as a Section 8 recipient.]()
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Donor list for the Chronicle Season of Sharing Fund, Jan. 5, 2023.
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![Frank B., who declined to give his last name, poses for a photo in San Francisco, Calif., on Wednesday, Jan. 4th, 2022. Frank has been homeless for the last 7 years and for the last 2 months, he’s been camping in his tent along Mina Street, in the SoMa District.]()
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Donor list for the Chronicle Season of Sharing Fund, Jan. 4
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![Patrick Moten takes down ornaments from his Christmas tree in his home in Fairfield, California on Monday, Jan. 2, 2023. After sustaining an injury at work he ran out of workers compensation benefits and didn’t know how he’d pay his bills. Patrick almost lost his home when he was behind on four-months of rent. The Seasons of Sharing organization paid his rent and enabled him to keep his home.]()
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Donor list for the Chronicle Season of Sharing Fund, Jan. 3, 2023.
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![Lileiti “Leia” Grew grabs dinner on the go before taking son Donta McNack to football practice in Oakland.]()
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Donor list for the Chronicle Season of Sharing Fund, Dec. 31, 2022.
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![Esbeidy Piña Alcantara walks with her son, Kendrick Anaya, 2, outside of Shearer Elementary School in Napa.]()
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![A line of tents are seen covered in various tarps and umbrellas as heavy rain falls along Myrtle Street in San Francisco, Calif. Thursday, Dec. 1, 2022. Temperatures dipped below 35 degrees in San Francisco on Tuesday night, prompting city officials to open numerous warming centers.]()
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Donor list for the Chronicle Season of Sharing Fund, Dec. 30, 2022.
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![Rep. Nancy Pelosi, D- San Francisco, will no longer lead House Democrats in 2023, but has declined to say definitively whether she will serve the entirety of her two-year term.]()
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![Composite image for Top 10 stories of 2022]()
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Donor list for the Chronicle Season of Sharing Fund, Dec. 29, 2022.
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![Winnie Tan, 8, grabs her backpack as she gets ready to go to school in San Francisco, California on Tuesday, April 19, 2022.]()
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![People’s Park is pictured with UC Berkeley’s campus in the background on Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2021, in Berkeley, Calif. Students are rallying and camping in the park to protest UC Berkeley’s plan to develop the property as student housing.]()
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![Marc Benioff speaks with Jim Cramer of CNBC’s “Mad Money” during the Dreamforce 2022 conference in San Francisco.]()
