We need more non-normative housing. Adult dormitories are non-normative. Their existence is a good thing. I hope to see more of them, and more types of places in to live, in more places:https://slate.com/technology/2018/03/dorms-for-grown-ups-are-good-even-in-san-francisco.html …
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Replying to @alexbaca
I admit I also dunked on the NYT piece but not for the same reasons that a lot of those other people did
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Replying to @thecitywanderer @alexbaca
anyway good piece Alex
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Ha, thanks! I would say that there's no way that new-build dorm-style living in San Francisco *wouldn't* be "SROs for rich people." I don't think that the developer is marketing one way or another?
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Like, even if something like this were to be built in Cleveland, I would totally expect it to come off as "SROs for rich people," regardless of intent or design. Like...even in a scenario where CDBG funds were backing something like this, it'd still seem new and ~fancy.~
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yeah i mean... it would be nice if the SROs for rich people could get some subsidy and be like relatively affordable but that's not how these programs are set up rn. i just want the reporters covering these projects to admit they are SROs, or talk to someone who will
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Replying to @thecitywanderer @alexbaca
my beef is really (1) not acknowledging what they are, either from the developers or often from the people covering them and (2) that there isn't really an SRO-type market in between pricey and supportive housing
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In NYC at least, for a new one, you can't have an exterior lock on the room doors (otherwise it's technically an SRO, rather than a Common-like shared living arrangement), which makes them challenging to build for any non-pricey market. The security risk would just be too great
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Replying to @MarketUrbanism @alexbaca
i know what the hurdles are to building SROs in new york. the issue is whether there is political will to change the building and zoning codes, as well as financing and subsidy programs, to allow this kind of housing to be built here.
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My only beef is that one of those buildings was previously occupied and vacated of low-income tenants like five years ago (which is still very significant in the market we’re in) @EskSF @argoldman http://sfpublicpress.org/news/2018-03/rebuttal-to-beyond-chron-criticism-of-public-press-report-on-sro-vacancies …
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Replying to @kimmaicutler @MarketUrbanism and
Yes, the fact that they were redeveloping a former SRO for the homeless is concerning
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Right, like: First preference is to preserve stuff that already does this so the new-new adds, not merely replaces. Barring that...
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