Take Action Join Us And Join The Fight. Sign Up Here & Take Our Poll! Name * First Name Last Name Email * Thank you! Community Poll. Make your Voice Heard. 1. How should we build more affordable faster in San Francisco? Pass a new $200 million affordable housing bond Dedicate 100% of funds raised by Prop I in 2020 to build affordable housing Push developers of large residential projects to include at least 35% affordable units All of the above 2. Would you support a City General Obligation Bond issue of $200 million to fund development of affordable housing in San Francisco? Yes, I support strongly Yes, I support somewhat No, I oppose somewhat No, I oppose strongly 3. Would you support having the City set up an Infrastructure Finance District that would sell $1 billion of City bonds over the next 10 years to fund development of affordable housing in San Francisco? Yes, I support strongly Yes, I support somewhat No, I oppose somewhat No, I oppose strongly 4. Between the two proposals, do you prefer the… General Obligation Bonds Infrastructure Finance District Bonds 5. In the last seven years, San Francisco has built about 18,000 market rate housing units, which is 148% of the 12,000-unit goal that was set by our regional planning agency, the Association of Bay Area Governments. An additional 52,000 units of market-rate housing have been approved for construction over the next 20 years. Does this sound like… More market rate housing production than you would have expected Less market rate housing production than you would have expected About as much market rate housing production as you would have expected 6. In the last seven years, San Francisco has built about 6,000 affordable housing units, which is 38% of the 16,000-unit goal that was set by our regional planning agency, the Association of Bay Area Governments. An additional 5,000 units of affordable housing have been approved for construction over the next 20 years. Does this sound like... More affordable housing production than you would have expected Less affordable housing production than you would have expected About as much affordable housing production as you would have expected 7. San Francisco is building enough market rate housing Agree Strongly Agree Somewhat Disagree Somewhat Disagree Strongly 8. San Francisco is building enough affordable housing Agree Strongly Agree Somewhat Disagree Somewhat Disagree Strongly 9. Building market rate housing does not make other housing more affordable, because there is no actual connection between higher-priced market rate housing, lower-priced affordable housing, and what current San Francisco residents can afford. Agree Strongly Agree Somewhat Disagree Somewhat Disagree Strongly 10. Building market rate housing does not make other housing more affordable, because so many people with high incomes want to live in San Francisco, and they will push prices up no matter what. Agree Strongly Agree Somewhat Disagree Somewhat Disagree Strongly 11. Building market rate housing in the middle of lower-income neighborhoods will push up land values, along with the rents and prices for existing housing there as a result. Agree Strongly Agree Somewhat Disagree Somewhat Disagree Strongly 12. Protecting existing lower income neighborhoods from higher prices and rents is more important than building new market rate housing there, because there are other places to build market rate housing but there aren’t other places for lower income people to go. Agree Strongly Agree Somewhat Disagree Somewhat Disagree Strongly Thank you!
