The Long Reach of San Francisco’s Housing Crisis

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Politics, News, News Commentary

4.6 • 656 Ratings

🗓️ 17 June 2025

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

Scratch at a problem for San Francisco, and you’ll find an issue that underlies almost all of them: the city’s intractable housing crisis. A new documentary “Fault Lines,” on Apple TV follows three storylines connected to the lack of housing. There is a homeless family’s attempts to get into a permanent home, a Sunset neighborhood’s fight over an affordable housing project and the ugly competing campaigns for a ballot measure. We talk with the film’s director and an expert in the city’s housing troubles about how San Francisco got into the crisis, what we might be able do about it, and what the rest of the country can learn from our troubles. Guests: Nate Houghteling, executive producer, "Fault Lines" documentary, available on Apple TV. Co-founder of Portal A production company Annie Fryman, director of special projects, SPUR Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:15.2	Scratch in an urban problem in San Francisco, and you'll find one issue that underlies almost all of them,
1:21.7	the city's intractable housing crisis.
1:24.4	A new documentary fault lines on Apple TV follows three storylines connected to the lack of housing.
1:30.3	A homeless family's plight, a sunset neighborhood group's attempt to block an affordable housing project,
1:36.3	and two ugly competing housing measure campaigns.
1:39.3	We talk about the West Side, what stops building, and the nature of the housing crisis.
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