The Housing Concession Initiative 

offers a comprehensive approach 

to housing affordability, 

focusing on inclusivity, 

sustainability, 

and community

well-being.

 

Details:

 

The Housing

Concession Initiative 

is NOT UPZONING:

it's for neighborhoods

that deserve 

nicer bigger homes

for the people 

who already live there, 

maybe want

to buy a home, 

or have a nice

bigger one, 

that's still public,

so their family

finally

has enough space!

 

Also

some more

of the exact same 

nice big homes

on real wide streets, 

that have lots

of great public transit. 

 

This is my plan

to quickly address 

the need

for more

yet affordable,

housing 

in San Francisco. 

 

If you want it, 

please vote for me:

 

Jon Soderstrom,

number 12 

on

your your ballot;

Just

make sure

I’m

one of your first

three choices,

If you have to

vote for someone

else first. 

 

My plan aims 

to create

new housing 

that is inclusive, 

with uniform layouts 

and standards, 

and centered

on people,

and adaptable

for everybody.

 

Meeting Different 

Housing Needs:

 

The initiative

“gets”

the different

housing needs 

of all generations

and ages, 

from low-income families 

to higher-income 

and

intentional

blended families, 

as diverse 

and lovingly inclusive 

as San Francisco

does best!

 

It’s got

mixed-income 

housing complexes 

with the same layout 

for everybody’s homes 

who are going to live there.

 

Unit Types and Features:

 

The buildings

will have

 a mix

of low-income 

and higher-income apartments 

all with the same hookups, 

all with the same design 

and features

—every one of them, 

all big and nice. 

 

Each unit will have 

5 bedrooms,

3.5 bathrooms, 

two dishwasher hookups, 

and south-facing balconies,

for family gardens, 

called the funny word 

“potager”,

so a garden

for soup, 

and hopefully

other stuff to eat. .

 

Consistent 

Standardized Design:

 

The initiative

emphasizes 

a uniform design 

for all units

and buildings, 

to make sure

they stay nice,

but fit

for lots

of different

people.

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Funding:

 

Funding to pay for it,

comes from public money 

and private money 

to keep building 

these housing commissions, 

so we get to where

we all have enough. 

 

Public-private partnerships 

make sure

we know people 

are following the rules 

and we can check

to be sure.

 

Transparency 

used to

mean this

a long time ago, 

in a galaxy…

 

Aesthetic Design 

for how it looks:

 

The design 

makes sure 

there’s natural light, 

green spaces, 

and welcoming streets. 

 

Bright interiors, 

and

private garden 

balconies

for all units, 

will add space 

to hang outside, 

but

sharing Bluetooth,

so your neighbors 

don’t turn their music up, 

because they don’t 

feel like hearing yours, 

either!

 

But good neighbors 

can do that, 

because 

it’s a nice place to live,

for everybody !

 

Affordability 

and Practicality:

 

To make housing affordable, 

the lower-income homes 

will already be finished 

with all the appliances,

and additional hookups, 

in case the family buys 

a second dishwasher 

or another cooktop 

if ten people

are living 

there together. 

 

It CAN! 

 

But

ten’s

definitely the max!

 

Other units

will be sold 

as

ready-to-customize

shells, 

allowing residents 

to finish them

as they wish.

 

Conclusion:

 

The Housing Concession Initiative 

offers a comprehensive approach 

to housing affordability, 

focusing on inclusivity, 

affordability, 

and

community

well-being.