The fall 2017 issue of the Public Press, which focused on some possible solutions to homelessness, inspired graphic designer Erik Schmitt to create informational labels he posted on single-room occupancy hotels listed as empty.
Category: Economy & Business
Posted inEconomy & Business, Government & Politics, Immigration, Labor, Public Safety
Central Americans Tense as U.S. Ends Temporary Protection for Some Migrants
Thousands of Salvadorans, Hondurans and Haitians who fled natural disasters or violence await final decision on whether their Temporary Protected Status will be extended or ended. Nicaraguans must leave in 2019 or face deportation.
Posted inEconomy & Business, Health, Homelessness, Housing
Community Voices: Your Ideas for Addressing Homelessness
We asked readers for their ideas on how to address homelessness in the city. Here’s some of what they said. What would you do?
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Private Capital Takes a Risk to Help House Neediest
Since their debut seven years ago, “social impact bonds” have generated $200 million in the United States and 14 other countries toward programs to reduce homelessness and related social problems. San Jose has already tapped into this new funding source, and San Francisco may in the future.
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Comparing 4 ‘Social Impact Bond’ Projects
Governments have been looking for an effective, cost-efficient way to house their homeless populations, especially the high-need individuals straining public resources while out on the streets. Social impact bonds offer a novel public-private partnership that might work.
Posted inEconomy & Business, Homelessness, Housing, Land use, Neighborhoods, News, Solving Homelessness: Ideas for Ending a Crisis
No Vacancy for the Homeless
Dozens of residential hotels have rooms to spare, but it is a seller’s market, and city officials cannot force owners to rent. At last count, 4,353 people were unsheltered in San Francisco, with 1,827 empty rooms in private SROs.
Posted inCity Hall, Economy & Business, Homelessness, Housing, Social Services, Solving Homelessness: Ideas for Ending a Crisis
How to Fill All the Empty SRO Rooms
Master leasing of single-room occupancy hotels in San Francisco has housed thousands of homeless people — and done so in hotels that are, by and large, a huge improvement over those of a generation ago. But hings could be better.
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California’s Push for Affordable Housing Could Weaken Environmental Law
The Legislature’s efforts to ease the housing-affordability crisis could chip away at longstanding protections in the state’s landmark environmental law. Two such bills were introduced by San Francisco lawmakers.
Posted inArts & Culture, Climate Change, Economy & Business, Environment, Land use, Neighborhoods, Sea Level Rise: 2nd in a Series
By Weakening Law, Developers Shift Sea Rise Burden to Cities
Two years ago, the California Supreme Court overturned decades of land-use law by upholding lower court rulings that cities could no longer require developers to take into account the effects of climate change on their projects. That decision has unsettled public officials and planners, and critics say it will allow real estate interests to saddle taxpayers with a gigantic bill to defend against rising seas.