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\nAs San Franciscans elect a new mayor on Tuesday, this rising political movement with a platform to press for more construction is at the centre of a heated debate about who gets to live in the city by the bay. The city of 800,000 once so...\nAs San Franciscans elect a new mayor on Tuesday, this rising political movement with a platform to press for more construction is at the centre of a heated debate about who gets to live in the city by the bay. The city of 800,000 once so diverse it was known as Baghdad by the Bay has grown steadily whiter and richer, according to U.S. census data, with a median income over $100,000. PolicyLink, a social research institute, estimates San Francisco will be the whitest pocket in a racially and ethnically mixed region by 2040. Few question that the Bay Area's booming economy has contributed to make houses and apartments outlandishly expensive for all but well-paid tech workers. In the first quarter of 2018, the median house price soared to US$1.665 million, a nearly one-quarter increase over the previous year, according to Paragon, a real estate brokerage. The city's real estate was recently declared the priciest in the world by British property start-up Nested, which put rents there at 42.81 pounds ($57.17) per square meter (about 10 square feet). But the YIMBY approach has ruffled feathers among long-time affordable housing advocates. They see the build-everywhere policy - which views those who resist luxury housing in minority urban neighborhoods with the same disdain as opposition to low-income housing in rich suburbs - as short-sighted and divisive. Read full story on ABOUT THOMSON REUTERS FOUNDATION The Thomson Reuters Foundation acts to promote the highest standards in journalism and spread the practice of legal pro bono worldwide. The organisation runs free services that provide individuals and organisations with vital access to information and services around the globe: free legal assistance to NGOs and social enterprises, editorial coverage of the world’s under-reported news, media development and training, and Trust Conference (). Read our news Learn more Follow us on Twitter or Facebook We welcome all comments that contribute constructively to the debate. We have the right to remove any posting if, in our opinion, your post does not comply with the content standards set out in the Acceptable Use Policy on\n
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