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The State of the Nation's Housing 2006 — Part III: Demographic Drivers
by Harvard University's Joint Center for Housing Studies
Where SFAA Stands This November
by Sean Pritchard
Contentious Eminent Domain Proposition on November Ballot
by Emily Landes
Folsom-Dore Apartments: Affordable, Sustainable Living
by Robert Shurell
Columns
TIC Corner
Progress on Individual TIC Loans
by D. Andrew Sirkin
Debits & Credits
Allocating Your Real Estate Investment
by Douglas Schultz & Marlene Smith
Lily's Diary
Prop. G Author Has Delusions of Grandeur
by Lily
Planning Ahead
A Planning Primer
by M. Brett Gladstone
Legal Corner Q & A
The Tenant Who Paid Too Much
by Various Authors
Court Talk
OCD Sufferers Have a Right to Create Nuisance
by Clifford E. Fried
The Other Side
The Potential Legal Land Mine of Tenant Self Repair
by J. Wallace Oman
The Sheridan Report
No Surrender!
by Matthew C. Sheridan
Sacramento Report
Much Ado About Smoking
by Monica Williamson
The President's Report
Landlord-Tenant Lawsuits Should be Based on Merit. Not Politics
by Marc Wilson
First-Ever DBI Summit Announced
After two FBI raids and a handful of other scandals this year, San Francisco’s Department of Building Inspection is trying to improve its public image.
Free SFAA Classes and Trade Show
Apartments Ahoy will be held on November 13 at Fort Mason’s Conference Center. Similar past events have been a major success and you will not want to miss this one.
Passthrough Loophole Could Close
Planning Department to Be Under One Roof
The San Francisco Planning Department has finally signed a lease that would enable the entire staff to be housed in one building.
City Attorney Sues Largest S.F. Landlord
New Workforce Housing
It has long been noted that many of those who work in the Bay Area cannot afford to live here. But the CityView development company, led by former HUD Secretary Henry Cisneros, is hoping to change that by creating workforce housing in eight Bay Area cities.
Possible Insurance Break for California Homeowners
California Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi approved an average 22% homeowners-insurance rate cut for clients of the state’s fifth-largest homeowners insurer, United Services Automobile Association.