PARKING AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING

Abstract

Housing affordability and parking availability are two of the most vexing problems in the nation's largest cities.In San Francisco, internationally known for its ambience, most working people find it almost impossible to find a house, condo, or apartment at an affordable price.Finding a parking space is nearly as difficult.Many houses are situated on very narrow lots, and frequent curb cuts for driveways reduce on-street parking.Cars circle the block looking for rare empty spaces.Residents say parking problems are a major bane of urban life.In many other urban centers as well-including New York, Chicago, Boston, and Seattle-housing costs and parking availability are twin public-policy problems that become enormous when combined.