With COVID-induced volatility in the Berkeley housing market in full effect, the competition to claim the title of Real Estate Olympic Champion for 2021 is expected to be ferocious.
Contestants include: the Rent Board, City Council, ZAB, and Berkeley Property Owners Association. A number of developers, builders, and real estate agents have also entered the fray.
This year’s events will include:
- Most evictions
- Longest consecutive period of unpaid rent
- Largest commission for least amount of work
- Most change order costs
- Most arbitrary reasons to block a building project
- Most sanctimonious call for affordable housing
- Most building projects blocked while calling for affordable housing
- Ugliest luxury apartment building
- Largest cash payment to make someone move out
- Least successful “artist”
- Most onerous new restriction on building
- Longest plan check cycle
- Laziest building inspector
- Slowest build
Winners will be announced at the new Pickle Dome.