\u201cWe\u2019re one of the last cities to actually amend our city code to make sure that we\u2019re not discriminating between how people want to live,\u201d Mahmood told KQED, alluding to a state law <\/a>that bars discrimination between related and unrelated people.<\/p>\n \u201cSo I think it\u2019s time that San Francisco has our city code reflect our inclusive values,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n The proposed change comes as young people have left San Francisco in droves, with the share of the population of residents in their 20s decreasing from 18% to 14% between 2013 and 2023 \u2014 the largest drop of any big city in the U.S., the San Francisco Chronicle reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n Josh Masimore, a 30-year-old property manager of a co-living space in Russian Hill, said he received over 400 applications for a single spot in his shared space this year.<\/p>\n While San Francisco has long embraced co-living arrangements in tech dorms or \u201cpods,\u201d single-family homes and large apartments have been off-limits.<\/p>\n Turning down so many people was disheartening, Masimore said, and he reached out to real estate agents and architects about the prospect of potentially acquiring another property to make into a co-living space and expanding his community.<\/p>\n \u201cWell, this property has more than five bedrooms, you\u2019re breaking the law, you shouldn\u2019t do that,\u201d Masimore said, recounting realtors\u2019 responses to their inquiries. \u201cWe were just hearing pushback.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/cdn.kqed.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/07\/230609-InTheBlack-41-BL_qed.jpg\")