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Oh boy, have we spoken a lot about inclusionary zoning over the years (see here, here, and the full list of 43 posts that I have tagged with “inclusionary zoning” here). Politicians tend to like this policy because they can present it as no-cost or “free” affordable housing. Few people have much sympathy for real estate developers, so it’s easy to just say, “Don’t worry, we’ll just get the developers to pay for it.”

A surprisingly polarizing question

From April 2014

I will underline certain characteristics of Japanese zoning that makes it different from North American practices and that I find particularly interesting.

In housing circles, Jerusalem Demsas has emerged as a critical voice for supply-side policy. As a staff writer for The Atlantic, she argues that lawmakers should address housing unaffordability by focusing on a severe shortage of homes.

Want to live longer? Choose the stairs over the elevator, a new review suggests.

San Francisco’s intrinsic allure — and the sense that it is too singular to fail — can also feed complacency

America’s superstar cities have avoided the post-pandemic death spiral—so far, anyway.

Climate change is upon us. Even with Congress finally investing in green energy, Californians face many decades of worsening wildfires and rising seas.

San Francisco’s median apartment rent rose 3.4% in March from the prior month, the biggest increase since the coronavirus pandemic began, according to a new report.