Treasure Island's changing skyline signals affordable housing progress

A decade-long effort to build affordable housing is finally becoming a reality on Treasure Island in San Francisco Bay. Kenny Choi reports. (1-11-24)

[@erictaylor3897]

Great to see the government giving back what veterans deserve, hopefully this can be done across the country. Nobody should live on the streets after serving our country.

[@monsterpig3270]

Bravo! It is about time we take care of our Veterans. Thank you for your service.

[@randywilson944]

My brother was stationed there when he was In The Navy 🎶

[@ericlindauer7150]

Putting a tall building on dredging from the original bridge construction, what could go wrong ?

[@mason5540]

its safe and effective

[@ezmn9663]

As long as bad actors are quickly kicked out, I am ok with low income housing. But as someone who grew up around the carnage of "the projects" low income housing can be terribly destructive for a community...we'll see what happens here and if we learned anything...

[@mrs.america3819]

Fun fact: The "Tempelhof Airport Berlin" in Indiana Jones, The Last Crusade was filmed on Treasure Island. It was an old admin building there at the time in 1988. Gone now, I believe.

[@NicholasLi10]

8K units that is not NOT enough we seriously need more housing and cutting more red tapes it’s beyond ridiculous

[@jrxtrc]

How are you going to develop high rise multi-unit housing on a man made island???!!! Has the construction plans been made available to the public?! The last 20 years of SF development approval is shaky at best. Millenium Tower leaning, sidewalks and streets sinking in the Mission Bay, letting the parking lot in Ocean Beach being eroded away are prime examples. Not to mention they're expecting thousands of people living on both islands.....HOW ARE PEOPLE SUPPOSED TO GET ON AND OFF THEM????!!!!!! Even if you have ferry service, that's not enough! There's going to be huge lines of traffic on both sides of the freeway trying to get on and off the island!

[@dana.9377]

More areas for the homeless!

[@DW_Rhodes]

I'm a vet living in Maceo May since May of '23, it's pretty nice. I use public transit - the #25 Muni loops the island a few times per hour, 24/7 - but the report didn't mention that the new Treasure Island Ferry is unaffordable to low-income locals. It's five dollars each way, and it's not on the Clipper system, so you cannot transfer to something in the Muni line once you're in the city. Some nice hotels are going up around us, and I suspect that a ferry line was put in for tourists staying in those hotels, not the locals.

[@spikermike2843]

code name for another Bayview-Hunters Point... say goodbye to the island.

[@renatoodfina5016]

It’s been a long time since I’ve been on Treasure Island but heads up last time I checked there’s no gas stations there.

[@RooseveltTruong]

require employers to pay 3x avg rent

[@meatpopsicle1567]

Future high-end condos for the returning high rent people. The "affordable" housing will be forced out to make room for the people with money. That's what it will all become, and the city will condone it, because TAXES. San Fran loves her taxes!

[@somestuffithoughtyoumightl6985]

Well yeah; I mean, I want to live there. Why not put low income 50 miles east, or north?

[@DeeSnutts]

SF has a soda tax 💀

[@meatpopsicle1567]

@@DeeSnutts Not surprised.

[@azizabahati7037]

And a grocery store?

[@tomvuitton]

That not affordable housing. Stop calling that

[@peterbedford2610]

2036....if all goes well?

[@e.tezani3877]

Anyone remember the 1939 worlds faire?

[@propblast82nd]

Alcatraz 2.0

[@williamcondon7729]

Why is everyone so pessimistic in this comment section?

[@thanasan5692]

No hospital

[@highlymedicated2438]

there is 0 growth in this blue city. Besides Treasure Island. you do not have people flocking to this state

[@-.-_123]

I thought there will be a $5 toll to use the Treasure Island exit? I hope the low income people can afford the tolls when they start.

[@isaacsac5]

The city needs to stop developers from building luxury condo units and building buildings with mostly market rate rental units. The city is dealing with an affordable housing crisis. The city needs developers to invest in residential buildings that have 100% of the units be below market rate rent. There are many people out there who need housing that can’t afford a million dollar condo unit or afford to pay market rate rent. So they left with very little housing options.

[@CheeseLayong]

Eventually, the millionaires will take over

[@plantsplantz2116]

Sigh the millionaire class reaping from the free loader class😅

[@CheeseLayong]

@@plantsplantz2116 No, they're building more and more luxury condos and designating 25% as "affordable" housing. Imagine if they do this in every single neighborhood in SF. The middle class gets pushed out. While this 25% helps low income, middle class is suffering as a result.

[@plantsplantz2116]

"Luxury,"lol.

[@shiloniousmonk]

🗑️

[@mitebcool]

Affordable is like 100k lol maybe 200 max

[@perfectpainter9140]

This is a joke there’s old housing that can be used for them the money could have been sent to Zelenskyy and Ukraine

[@TomSmith-ls5rn]

Gee, San Francisco newest version of the Leaning Tower Of Piza in the works built on a landfill. Unbelievable.