March 19, 2025 at 5:32 PM
which has the effect of reducing denser sfh construction, because rental operators prefer denser sfh layouts
March 28, 2026 at 12:26 PM
which has the effect of reducing denser sfh construction, because rental operators prefer denser sfh layouts
exactly. i have no problem with tearing down an old SFH and replacing it with three, four, even six units — the more the merrier. but tearing an old SFH down just to put up a bigger, more expensive SFH? no thanks. unfortunately, you don't need a permit to do the latter.
May 14, 2024 at 2:43 PM
exactly. i have no problem with tearing down an old SFH and replacing it with three, four, even six units — the more the merrier. but tearing an old SFH down just to put up a bigger, more expensive SFH? no thanks. unfortunately, you don't need a permit to do the latter.
For anybody wondering - housing types of recent mayors during their tenure:
Daley I: SFH
Bilandic: multigenerational two-flat
Byrne: modernist condo
Washington: prewar condo
Orr: SFH
Sawyer: ???, then SFH
Daley II: SFH, then townhouse with HOA
Emanuel: SFH
Lightfoot: SFH
Johnson: SFH
Daley I: SFH
Bilandic: multigenerational two-flat
Byrne: modernist condo
Washington: prewar condo
Orr: SFH
Sawyer: ???, then SFH
Daley II: SFH, then townhouse with HOA
Emanuel: SFH
Lightfoot: SFH
Johnson: SFH
January 20, 2026 at 3:19 AM
For anybody wondering - housing types of recent mayors during their tenure:
Daley I: SFH
Bilandic: multigenerational two-flat
Byrne: modernist condo
Washington: prewar condo
Orr: SFH
Sawyer: ???, then SFH
Daley II: SFH, then townhouse with HOA
Emanuel: SFH
Lightfoot: SFH
Johnson: SFH
Daley I: SFH
Bilandic: multigenerational two-flat
Byrne: modernist condo
Washington: prewar condo
Orr: SFH
Sawyer: ???, then SFH
Daley II: SFH, then townhouse with HOA
Emanuel: SFH
Lightfoot: SFH
Johnson: SFH
Building a SFH in the middle of a city should a) be banned and b) if not, require a 100% affordable housing fee
This under-construction 7-bedroom, $14mm mansion did not have to pay any affordable housing fee.
If you built a five-unit apartment of the same size, it'd need to pay a $360,000 affordable housing fee.
How do five small homes negatively impact affordability more than one mansion?
If you built a five-unit apartment of the same size, it'd need to pay a $360,000 affordable housing fee.
How do five small homes negatively impact affordability more than one mansion?
July 19, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Building a SFH in the middle of a city should a) be banned and b) if not, require a 100% affordable housing fee
Permit timeline on SFH: 100 days
Permit timeline for townhomes: 400 days
MHA fees on SFHs: $0
MHA fees on townhomes: $40,000 each
Cost of a new SFH: $1,800,000
Cost of a new townhome: $750,000
Seattle is so equitable
Permit timeline for townhomes: 400 days
MHA fees on SFHs: $0
MHA fees on townhomes: $40,000 each
Cost of a new SFH: $1,800,000
Cost of a new townhome: $750,000
Seattle is so equitable
October 2, 2026 at 2:40 PM
Permit timeline on SFH: 100 days
Permit timeline for townhomes: 400 days
MHA fees on SFHs: $0
MHA fees on townhomes: $40,000 each
Cost of a new SFH: $1,800,000
Cost of a new townhome: $750,000
Seattle is so equitable
Permit timeline for townhomes: 400 days
MHA fees on SFHs: $0
MHA fees on townhomes: $40,000 each
Cost of a new SFH: $1,800,000
Cost of a new townhome: $750,000
Seattle is so equitable
This is a triplex conversion of a SFH.
We should build 1 Million of these.
We should build 1 Million of these.
January 15, 2025 at 6:28 PM
This is a triplex conversion of a SFH.
We should build 1 Million of these.
We should build 1 Million of these.
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April 4, 2026 at 8:49 PM
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this would drastically reduce renters ability to live in SFH neighborhoods.
May 25, 2025 at 6:25 PM
this would drastically reduce renters ability to live in SFH neighborhoods.
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May 31, 2025 at 3:15 PM
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If you tear down a SFH to build another SFH the demo permit should include the cost of building a six flat elsewhere in the city. If you tear down any building to have a side yard you should be shot in the street
June 22, 2025 at 11:26 PM
If you tear down a SFH to build another SFH the demo permit should include the cost of building a six flat elsewhere in the city. If you tear down any building to have a side yard you should be shot in the street
the completely opposite directions of Berkeley rents and SFH sales is fascinating to me.
October 7, 2026 at 4:34 AM
the completely opposite directions of Berkeley rents and SFH sales is fascinating to me.
increasingly obvious that Matty Y is like "SFH is abundance"
abundance as a tailored ideological project about putting together a coalition to de-enshitifying blue states at a municipal level makes some sense, abundance as a national electoral strategy does not
September 23, 2025 at 5:09 PM
increasingly obvious that Matty Y is like "SFH is abundance"
(this is about the sfh build-to-rent market, which seems fine to me, I think you can have a family without having a mortgage too)
March 28, 2026 at 12:24 PM
(this is about the sfh build-to-rent market, which seems fine to me, I think you can have a family without having a mortgage too)
Personally I do not think SFH owners are or should be a protected class
Libby from the affluent Bay Area suburb of Lafayette is going on an unhinged tirade against Senator Wiener.
She says that SB79 is "a hate crime against single-family homeowners," that this is "a direct attack" on all of us, and that Wiener "needs to be stopped."
She says that SB79 is "a hate crime against single-family homeowners," that this is "a direct attack" on all of us, and that Wiener "needs to be stopped."
July 12, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Personally I do not think SFH owners are or should be a protected class
Why should I be forced to breathe the polluted air along a busy roadway just because I live in an apartment rather than an SFH? Will having me live next to an SFH somehow harm the SFH-dweller? How?
August 14, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Why should I be forced to breathe the polluted air along a busy roadway just because I live in an apartment rather than an SFH? Will having me live next to an SFH somehow harm the SFH-dweller? How?
seven is baby numbers but its better than SFH
Officials voted to set a seven-story height limit along the 2.3-mile West Berkeley corridor, and turned down a proposal to lower the cap.
City Council raises height limits on San Pablo Avenue
Officials voted to set a seven-story height limit along the 2.3-mile West Berkeley corridor, and turned down a proposal to lower the cap.
www.berkeleyside.org
October 1, 2026 at 8:51 PM
seven is baby numbers but its better than SFH
its all getting a little ridiculous. plenty of people are renting condos, sfh prices are down too, they just are proxies for rentals
June 25, 2026 at 10:05 PM
its all getting a little ridiculous. plenty of people are renting condos, sfh prices are down too, they just are proxies for rentals
i'm sorry you're not going to make me feel bad for SFH upper-class homeowners in Cali
won't anyone think of the uhhhh sales executives who will be harmed by transit-oriented development in California
October 10, 2025 at 4:49 PM
i'm sorry you're not going to make me feel bad for SFH upper-class homeowners in Cali
You are speed running all the NIMBY talking points.
Obviously not 100% of land is zoned SFH only. But a shockingly high amount is. (And there's basically no justification for any SFH zoning.)
Obviously not 100% of land is zoned SFH only. But a shockingly high amount is. (And there's basically no justification for any SFH zoning.)
November 19, 2025 at 7:23 PM
You are speed running all the NIMBY talking points.
Obviously not 100% of land is zoned SFH only. But a shockingly high amount is. (And there's basically no justification for any SFH zoning.)
Obviously not 100% of land is zoned SFH only. But a shockingly high amount is. (And there's basically no justification for any SFH zoning.)
mcm mixed-use sfh, i'm in awe @nickhasthoughts.com
One of my favorite midcentury buildings in Chicagoland is this unusual storefront + house in Evergreen Park, constructed in the early '60s as a personal project of real estate developer Wayne Bekta.
His wife's flower shop faced 95th Street, with the family home attached behind it as one structure.
His wife's flower shop faced 95th Street, with the family home attached behind it as one structure.
July 28, 2026 at 2:37 AM
mcm mixed-use sfh, i'm in awe @nickhasthoughts.com
Multifamily Victorian to 2000's SFH in Wicker Park
December 13, 2024 at 5:45 AM
Multifamily Victorian to 2000's SFH in Wicker Park
If you advertise on GB News this is what you're enabling... goodlaw.social/sfh
June 5, 2025 at 9:24 PM
If you advertise on GB News this is what you're enabling... goodlaw.social/sfh
February 10, 2025 at 12:10 PM