“Housing Politics” Renters Panel Discussion | SF

Submitted by the Event Organizer

The goal of the SF Bay Area Renters’ Federation is to organize renters (and allies) to agitate for increasing the supply of housing in San Francisco, Oakland and the Bay Area. If the cause of the shortage is political, so too must be the solution.

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The  SF Bay Area Renters’ Federation will host three expert panelists. They will talk to about the political landscape with respect to housing in their respective cities:

• Seattle Roger Valdez, Smart Growth Seattle
• Palo Alto Kate Downing, Palo Alto Forward
• San Francisco Michael Cohen, currently of Strata Investment Group, former head of the Mayor’s Office of Economic Development

The  SF Bay Area Renters’ Federation says: The cause of our current housing shortage isn’t technological – we know how to build. It’s not financial – investors are clamoring to invest in the Bay Area. It’s not the result of a raw material shortage – unlike the 1940-45 housing crisis when the war effort diverted labor and materials from private efforts, today we have all the laborers and materials we need. The cause of the current shortage is 100% political.

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