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Regarding “If S.F. Mayor Lurie wants affordability, he should stop taxing new homes at the same rate as cigarettes” (Open Forum, SFChronicle.com, Jan. 27):  I am a retired professor of city planning and an affordable housing expert. I have a few questions about these proposals.

Washington needs to unlock capital through deregulation.

One of the common criticisms of new housing is that it’s designed for rich people and that it does nothing to help the housing situation of average citizens. The YIMBY response to this is, “Well, yes, it does actually, because supply eases overall housing pressures and because of the filtering effect.”

My grandmother and her nine siblings grew up in a two-bedroom apartment. At the peak, twelve people, two bedrooms, six people per bedroom. That is a housing crisis. Maybe your elders lived something like that too. Maybe you do.

The university also welcomed more California residents, enrolling its largest-ever student body.

Tokyo is a city of contrasts. It is both hyper-modern and steeped in tradition. It is known for art, architecture, design, and fashion, yet it’s also a city that — through its built form — makes the argument that architecture is irrelevant.

After moving here from San Jose, illustrator Danielle Hopkins got advice from her cartographer partner and created a playful pictorial map of the Berkeley Hills and its pathways.

Preliminary permits have been filed for new housing at the former Oxford Elementary School campus in Northbrae, Berkeley. The property at 1130 Oxford Street has been vacant since a 2020 study identified structural earthquake vulnerability. Panoramic Interests is responsible for the application, having purchased the lot from the Berkeley School District for $3 million last October.

The American South has spent the past decade undergoing a quiet but remarkable cultural shift: a home attached to your neighbour is no longer a sign of low income. Until recently, townhomes and multifamily were the exclusive domain of less affluent residents, but they have rapidly become desirable to mid-market (and increasingly high-end) buyers. That’s what is happening with urban townhomes in Durham.

(Bloomberg) — Rents got cheaper in several major cities this past year, thanks to an influx of luxury apartment buildings opening their doors and luring tenants to vacate their old homes.