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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
World
Janie Har

San Francisco mayor proposes denser housing to tackle affordability crisis

Trump San Francisco - (Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)

San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie is trying to get more homes built for people like Liam Murphy: a fifth-generation city kid who found himself repeatedly outbid for tiny two-bedroom houses that wound up selling for $1.6 million.

Murphy, 39, now lives about an hour's drive away from his job as a San Francisco firefighter. He says it's too late for his family to move back, but he hopes others can stay in a city where the average monthly rent for a one-bedroom is $3,500.

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