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San Francisco guide · Tier A · Rank #17 of 27

House hacking in San Francisco (Parkside / West Portal fringe).

One delivered catalyst plus one newly confirmed: the completed $90M L-Taraval rehab, and the enacted Family Zoning Plan naming the Taraval corridor for 85 ft heights, with Stonestown demand next door.

Status check: Verified 2026-07-14: the enacted FZP names the Taraval Street corridor for height increases to 85 ft, enabling 6–8 story multifamily; the corridor WARN is resolved. Tier moved B→A on that basis.

What's actually happening in 94116

  • Adopted; confirmed 2026-07-14

    The enacted Family Zoning Plan explicitly names Taraval Street for height increases to 85 ft, enabling 6–8 story multifamily along the corridor. SF Planning Family Zoning Plan

  • Delivered; priced in

    L-Taraval Improvement rehab: $90M, completed 2024; delivered and already priced in. SFMTA

  • Approved; adjacent

    Stonestown redevelopment next door: up to 3,500 units on 27 acres of Galleria parking, final approval operative Sept 1, 2024; the demand benefit is adjacency (the project sits outside the ZIP). SF Planning Stonestown

The numbers

Median price
$1,610,500
Market rent
No published rent anchor (B-tier at the 2026-07-06 synthesis)
Property tax (San Francisco County)
1.183% combined effective (SF Treasurer FY2025-26, consolidated city and county); new buyers pay about 1.183% of purchase price in year one, then assessed value rises at the 2%/yr Prop 13 cap until resale
Per-bed rent band
No published band (B-tier at the 2026-07-06 synthesis)
ADU rent band
No published band
Whole-home rent band
No published band
Underwriting vacancy
No published band
Appreciation scenarios
No published band

The bulk of the stock is RH-1/RH-2. Appreciation basis: Promoted B→A at the 2026-07-14 re-verification, after Section 8 froze; underwriting bands publish at the next full synthesis. Rent bands are city-level medians; confirm the specific parcel before trusting any of them. Run your own scenario in the calculator.

The house-hack angle

RH-1/RH-2 Parkside stock with the newly confirmed 85 ft Taraval corridor as the upside lever; the Stonestown build-out next door thickens demand.

What breaks it

  • Transit is delivered and priced in: the L-Taraval rehab no longer drives forward appreciation
  • The bulk of the stock is RH-1/RH-2, and the confirmed upzone is corridor-specific (Taraval)
  • No published Section 8 underwriting bands yet (promoted after the synthesis froze): underwrite from parcel-level comps