Looking for a Place to Call Home in the Bay?
If you like high rent prices, poor living conditions and being complicit in neighborhood displacement, then we’ve got just the place for you: Great location. You could be in the hub of the Mission’s...
HousingA collection of 61 posts
Poor Students, Rich Landlords: How Santa Cruz’s Housing Shortage Turned into a Crisis
What do you get when you mix a university’s blind eye with greedy landlords who prey on naïve students?...
Happy Birthday, Harvey Milk! Here’s What Could Have Been
Milk championed a progressive anti-speculation tax that was only recently made public. If not for his untimely death, it may have radically slowed the gentrification of San Francisco....
We Asked San Franciscans to Tell Us Their Worst Roommate Stories
When your roommate ain’t your mate...
I Lived in a 38-Person Co-op in San Francisco, and So Can You
The joy and practice of learning to share...
Where People Move When They Leave San Francisco
Chances are, you have at least one friend who talks constantly about leaving the city for good. Or maybe you’...
Want to Solve the San Francisco Housing Crisis? Reinvest in Public Housing
The housing market in San Francisco has been called the “least affordable in the nation.” Only 15% of the housing...
A Completely True Account* of an Apartment Viewing in San Francisco
BUILDING MANAGER: Feel free to look around the unit, and let me know if you have any questions. Did you...
Inside the Berkeley Bike Co-Op Getting Evicted for Condos
Bill Sparks has a bike frame upside down in a vice. He grips, pulls and tries again, but the seat...
The Problem with Building Up in San Francisco
There seems to be a never-ending supply of people who want to move into the city,yet there’s virtually...
Here Are the Hard Numbers Behind the Eviction Epidemic in San Francisco
You hear about evictions and displacement all the time in San Francisco. In fact, it’s one of the most...
Looking to Buy a Home in San Francisco? Um, Good Luck.
By Meera Agarwalla Raise your hand if you’ve been dumped on by the Bay Area housing market. San Francisco...