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Peter Cohen

@pcohensf

affordable housing activist.
opinions expressed are my own

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calendar_today15-09-2014 01:30:22

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Here’s an infographic explaining the entire process of housing development, and how long each step can take: drive.google.com/file/d/1BhujJE…

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There's still time to pass SB490 and fund the Community Acquisition & Preservation Program

We have an opportunity to use this surplus to make preservation sustainable statewide and systematically protect residents and their vulnerable homes. 🏘️

There's still time to pass SB490 and fund the Community Acquisition & Preservation Program We have an opportunity to use this surplus to make preservation sustainable statewide and systematically protect residents and their vulnerable homes. #AcquireStabilizePreserve 🏘️#CAPP
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Ending single-family zoning is just step 1. “If the underlying premise of the movement around ending single-family zoning is that it’s going to make housing more affordable, my question is how? How is it going to make housing more affordable? What is the affordability strategy?”

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New: South San Francisco is joining the rather controversial — and complex — conversation about zoning modifications in single-family residential neighborhoods.


bit.ly/3uyxpWa

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'New solutions regularly come along with a goal of being the magic nail to the matter of housing affordability. In the case of additive construction as one of those new ideas, this technology is actually a construction solution to what is more of a policy problem.'

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SF officials fear regional housing strategy could increase displacement of people of color sfexaminer.com/news/sf-offici…

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Congratulations to new Board of Supervisors President Shamann Walton! We look forward to working with a united Board to create community-centered housing policies.
More about Supervisor Walton's election here: missionlocal.org/2021/01/shaman…

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Great article raising attention to Housing Acquisition/Preservation as a key housing stability strategy in this uncertain time, and 'Opportunity to Purchase' as a very important and timely policy tool.

COVID-19 Exposed the Urgency for a Right to Housing progressive.org/dispatches/cov…

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Great article raising attention to Housing Acquisition/Preservation as a key housing stability strategy in this uncertain time, and 'Opportunity to Purchase' as a very important and timely policy tool.

COVID-19 Exposed the Urgency for a Right to Housing progressive.org/dispatches/cov…

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Council of Community Housing Organizations(@SF_CCHO) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Congratulations to CCHO member TNDC for bringing the first 100% affordable project for low income families in the Sunset!
More about the project here: sfexaminer.com/news/affordabl…

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CCHO Op Ed: Opening opportunities in high-resource areas and combatting urban displacement will be key in giving Bay Area residents the opportunity to choose their community based on their needs, preferences, and access to resources.
dailycal.org/2020/12/08/bay…

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Legislation to create a citywide Housing Inventory database has, finally, been introduced at the Board of Supervisors!!
sfexaminer.com/news/sf-may-re…

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'With the Housing Stability Fund legislation and the Rent Relief Fund legislation that were both adopted unanimously by the Board of Supervisors last week, this new Prop. I revenue can be put to immediate use'
Read more about how Prop I passed here!
bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/n…

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Prop I is good for affordable housing, and our City needs it now more than ever. The Council of Community Housing Organizations supports Proposition I, and so should you!
Read more about Prop I here: sfexaminer.com/opinion/a-reco…

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“San Francisco has about 30,000 units of permanent affordable housing. If we hardwired ourselves to private real estate, we would not be able to afford to have that many” CCHO's Peter Cohen explains in a new SF Business Times article:
bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/n…

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Reminder that Affordable Housing Week starts this week! Our first event 'Affordable Housing in the Time of COVID-19: The Lasting Implications' takes place tomorrow from 11am-12:30pm. Sign up for the event here!
eventbrite.com/e/affordable-h…

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