This legislation calls for a hearing to discuss the need for workforce housing in San Francisco, focusing on affordability and stability for workers across various income levels. It aims to evaluate current development policies and their impact on housing costs, while requesting a report from the Planning Department.
Hearing on the City's need to address workforce housing, across the full range of worker incomes as identified in Jobs-Housing Fit reports, including new and strengthened policies to support housing affordability and stability, provide affordable housing at a mix of incomes, and curb speculation, gentrification, and displacement; and how the City's development policies promote or obstruct the fit between wages and housing costs; and requesting the Planning Department to report.
How it got here
The legislation originated from a need to address workforce housing in San Francisco, prompted by disparities between job growth and housing production as highlighted in the Jobs-Housing Fit reports.
Supervisor Gordon Mar requested an evaluation of the housing stock in relation to projected job growth and population, highlighting the need for affordable housing across income levels.
Supervisor Mar introduced a hearing to address the City's need for workforce housing, referencing the findings from the Jobs-Housing Fit reports.
The hearing was referred to the Planning Department for a report on housing affordability and stability, and the impact of development policies.
The Planning Department published the first Jobs-Housing Fit Report, detailing the mismatch between job growth and housing production, and the need for affordable housing.
The Land Use and Transportation Committee held a hearing on the need for workforce housing, discussing speculation, gentrification, and displacement issues.
The Committee continued discussions on the Jobs-Housing Fit report and the implications for housing policy in San Francisco.
The legislation remains active as the Board continues to address the issues raised in the hearings.
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