[kqr2]

S.F. has nearly 16 million square feet of vacant office space. Why can't it become housing?

https://archive.ph/znGkU

[acchow]

16M square feet is last year’s estimate. Wonder what the figure is today

[littlexsparkee]

18.7 as of April https://socketsite.com/archives/2022/04/visualizing-all-the-...

[epistasis]

These numbers seem tiny. Even if it all converts into 1000 sq ft residential homes, 18,000 new homes will not be enough to solve the housing shortage.

Definitely would help a ton though, and I probably shouldn't be hopeful of a single solution here.

[sofixa]

1000 sq ft (92 sq m) is a quite decent family apartment. For young singles or couples without kids, half of that is pretty decent. 20-25-30k new homes is nothing to sniff at, even if it won't solve the full problem.

[acchow]

San Francisco has dropped back to 2013 population levels.