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:...
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....
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 stock is affordable to average people, and prices are rising at such astronomical rates that even the middle class is being priced out of the city....
A Completely True Account* of an Apartment Viewing in San Francisco
Does this unit get much natural light? There’s just the one small window, and it seems pretty dark in here....
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 post just won’t budge....
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 no place to put them....
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 dominant international news stories about our foggy city: the real estate “explosion,” the housing crisis, the Googlization of San Francisco — or…...
Looking to Buy a Home in San Francisco? Um, Good Luck.
Raise your hand if you’ve been dumped on by the Bay Area housing market. San Francisco has been hailed as a modern-day Constantinople, given that it’s become a deep-rooted hub for e-commerce and digital goods; has an explosive arts scene; and is an…...