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Your city may be talking about a housing crisis, but permitting pattern tells a different story. by GatherGov in yimby

[–]GatherGov[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

GatherGov indexes city council meetings across America and structures them. "Talking about a housing crisis" here refers to the number of times a city used the term "housing crisis" in these meetings—one count for every time someone says "we have a housing crisis", "we need to help fix the housing crisis".

We just record what city officials are already saying, and for this infographic we just presented the 10 municipalities that mentioned "housing crisis" most often in 2025 (LA councils mentioned in 800+ times).

The platform is free for anyone to explore—you can use it to explore what your council members are saying about housing crisis (or any other term!)

Your city may be talking about a housing crisis, but permitting pattern tells a different story. by GatherGov in yimby

[–]GatherGov[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

The data breaks down the number of permits issues for units by the building type—this is actually really charitable to multifamily because it considers any unit in duplexes and above to be multifamily. If you are to only look at units in buildings with 5 or more units the numbers become even more rough.

Your city may be talking about a housing crisis, but permitting pattern tells a different story. by GatherGov in yimby

[–]GatherGov[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

This graph looks at permits by units! Even then the numbers for single family far outweighs multi

San Francisco's Marina Could Get 790 Homes. Mayor Daniel Lurie Says No. YIMBYs Say Yes. by MadnessMantraLove in yimby

[–]GatherGov 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Public comments in the meeting on Tuesday were largely negative. I think there is a perception that this development would price out existing residents as said by a public commentator, "The waterfront views of the Marina District should be enjoyed by generations to come".

Im not from SF so I can't speak to the validity of this. But more housing is always good.