The real housing crisis in the bay area — providing affordable housing, including housing for families —is not being addressed. Instead, changes made set the stage for luxury market rate housing, student sleeping cubicles, and tiny apartments. There are no mandates for affordability. Instead, housing get smaller and smaller, and decidedly NOT family friendly! Nothing in this formula will make housing in Berkeley remotely affordable for those who work in minimum wage or similarly low wage jobs.
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Build a better Berkeley has an FAQ on this topic, Does High Density Zoning Create affordability?
New study makes clear: The Wiener-Lurie plan will NOT bring down housing prices
This San Francisco economist's report on the mayor's Rich Family Zoning Plan reveals that allowing developers to build more luxury housing won't make housing more affordable, contradicting the central thesis of the Yimby agenda. Key findings of the report include that even if the city allows developers to build all they want, it’s unlikely to bring housing prices down, and in the best-case scenario would lead to reductions of only 2.5 to 4.2 percent, which is not enough to make a dent in affordability.