Public data from San Francisco revealed disturbing statistics about buildings and homes that show how difficult it is to create new housing. 54% of homes inn SF are in buildings that would be illegal to build today and 34% of buildings would be illegal.
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- Zoning laws are a well known example of structural racism. By making it difficult to build new homes, property values go up and become unaffordable—disproportionately effecting Black people.
- Substituting economics for racism