San Francisco postponed a fire code requiring sprinklers in 9,800 condo units built before 1975. The retrofit would have cost homeowners' associations thousands per month starting in 2027. The city delayed the rule five years after residents pushed back, though Austin Klar doubts it will survive.
— A devastating law that would have cost condo owners hundreds of thousands of dollars has been postponed. San Francisco updated its fire code requiring over 120 high-rise buildings constructed before 1975 to spend millions of dollars to install automatic fire sprinklers in every single room of every single unit, and HOAs were already potentially going to go up several thousand dollars a month in these buildings to kickstart saving up for the monumental cost. The deadline to get permits for the work was January of 2027, and the deadline to complete installation was 2035, but after significant outcry from the community, In particular, on the north side of San Francisco, where most of the buildings impacted by this law are located, the city's decided to postpone implementation of the rule 5 years, giving it a chance to conduct more feasibility studies and potentially saving the over 9,800 units that would be impacted from having to shell out hundreds of thousands of dollars, at least for now. We'll see if it ends up getting enforced. I personally think it will get abolished altogether, but it's anyone's guess at this point. Let me know what you think in the comments and follow me for more San Francisco real estate.
