Housing in San Francisco is a challenge, with its lack of affordability and availability.
Preliminary federal housing data shows the city’s progress in adding more housing is lagging behind other Bay Area cities. San Francisco permitted 179 units through June while San Jose issued permits for more than 1,200 housing units. Santa Clara, Fremont and Oakland all permitted more as well. “We do have space to build in San Francisco. There is room, there is certainly also room in Fremont and San Jose and other cities and it's difficult to build in those cities as well. San Francisco is the outlier because it is quite literally the most difficult place in the country to build housing due to its process,” said Corey Smith.He’s executive director for the Housing Action Coalition.