Episode 1: "Isn't There an App for That?"

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Dyan Ruiz, Joseph Smooke | 04/09/2019

Meet Curtis, a High School teacher, and Riley, a tech gig worker, in their micro-unit in San Francisco. They've just received a rent increase and need to figure out how to keep their growing family in the City.

Notes for Episode 1

RILEY

Let's get going. We've got a lot of house-hunting to do.

CURTIS

I hope we find something! I don't want to commute three hours a day like some other teachers.

https://sfist.com/2019/02/19/is-the-bay-area-becoming-a-21-county-megaregion/

RILEY

I'm bringing Olive with us!

CURTIS

Come on Riley. Do we really need artificial intelligence to help us find a new place?

RILEY

If I can get food delivered at 3am for my crazy cravings, then why can't an app make housing easier? Besides, OLIVE teaches and learns too!

CURTIS, I know we're not stackin' the loot...

But with two incomes -- part-time coding and full time teaching -- we should be ok, right?"

http://www.sfusd.edu/en/employee-resources/labor-and-union-information/contracts-and-salary-schedules.html

https://www.thrillist.com/news/nation/highest-paying-entry-level-tech-jobs-2019

OLIVE

The average price of a 2 bedroom home in San Francisco is $1.3 million.

Zillow evaluation of “median home value” in San Francisco

https://www.zillow.com/san-francisco-ca/home-values/

Trulia evaluation of median sales price

https://www.trulia.com/real_estate/San_Francisco-California/market-trends/

The average rent for a 2 bedroom apartment is $4,500 a month.

RentJungle evaluation of rent trends in SF

https://www.rentjungle.com/average-rent-in-san-francisco-rent-trends

CURTIS

Check this out!

RILEY

(reading headline) San Francisco Housing Crisis Spurs Calls for Less Rules

CURTIS

Mayor Chen mentioned this to me when she dropped off her son at my class yesterday. San Francisco hasn't built enough housing for years and now we're paying the price.

OLIVE

San Francisco is the second-most densely populated city in the United States.

https://realestate.usnews.com/real-estate/articles/the-most-dense-cities-in-america

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_cities_by_population_density

CURTIS

See, the supply hasn't kept up with the demand!

OLIVE

From 1950 to 2013, San Francisco built two new housing units for every new person.

http://www.bayareacensus.ca.gov/counties/SanFranciscoCounty50.htm

Chart of data from the US Census

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/15t3KSAlBXhK1ZUS_CScyH5okZsXz8v9v7_QwjDw8PzU/edit#gid=0

										Change 1950 - 2010	Change 1950 - 2018
	1950	1960	1970	1980	1990	2000	2010	2017 ACS	July 1, 2018
Total Population	775,357	740,316	715,674	678,974	723,959	776,733	805,235	864,263	883,305	29,878	107,948
Total Dwelling units	265,726	310,559				346,527	376,942	390,376	401,452	111,216	135,726
Vacant Units	7,312	18,584				16,827	31,131	31,604		23,819
% of Units Vacant	2.75%	5.98%				4.86%	8.26%	8.10%		5.51%