The weekly Friday meal distribution program has been around for 20 years, but these days, volunteers and participants often are grappling with housing insecurity, rising cost of living and job instability that for some are exacerbated by their immigration status.
Category: Housing
Posted inCalifornia, Environment, Health, Housing
State Vulnerability Metric Overlooks SF Neighborhoods, Excluding Them From Billions in Funding
Several dense San Francisco neighborhoods — including Chinatown, the Mission and swaths of SoMa — scored too low in the recently updated tool, CalEnviroScreen 5.0, to qualify for a preliminary list of the state’s most disadvantaged communities.
Posted inCity Hall, Government & Politics, Housing, Land use
Controversial Housing Project Gets Denser as It Nears Approval
A proposal to turn San Francisco’s Marina Safeway site into a towering, dense housing project has courted controversy all year, with its district supervisor and neighborhood groups urging the city’s Planning Department to reject the project.
Posted inCity Hall, Economy & Business, Government & Politics, Housing, Land use, Politics
Fall Ballot Measures Aim to Build More Affordable Housing That San Francisco Desperately Needs
San Francisco has struggled to build enough units, but it can invest in a variety of solutions to spur affordable housing production in the coming years. Several will be on the ballot this November.
Posted inAging, HIV & AIDS, Housing, LGBTQ+, Social Services
Older Adults with HIV Face Barriers to Staying Housed. That Could Hurt Efforts to Slow HIV’s Spread.
San Francisco’s population of people with HIV is living past age 50 — and even longer — for the first time. As this population ages, more investment is needed to help them remain stably housed.
Posted inAging, Community, Housing, Immigration
Pushing Back Against Evictions, Nob Hill Apartment Building Tenants Unionize
Long-term tenants of 1120 Jackson St. in San Francisco have formed a union to fight evictions at the 16-unit building.
Posted inCity Hall, Community, Economy & Business, Elections, Government & Politics, Health, Homelessness, Housing, Immigration, Neighborhoods, Public Safety, Social Justice, Social Services, Transportation
San Franciscans Speak Out on the Top Issues Facing Their Neighborhoods
In this street interview series taken during the “No Kings” protest in March, people across the city spoke candidly about what matters most where they live, and what they want local leaders to pay attention to.
Posted inCity Hall, Community, Government & Politics, Homelessness, Housing, Politics
Supervisors and Public Encourage City to Fund Long-Term Housing
More than 70 people crowded into the Board of Supervisors’ chamber at San Francisco City Hall on Wednesday afternoon, with many asking the city to spend more money on long-term housing for low-income residents.
Posted inCity Hall, Government & Politics, Homelessness, Housing, Social Services
San Francisco Cut Longstanding Legal Aid, Then Gave One Nonprofit Millions Without Bids
As San Francisco moves to slash longstanding funding for legal aid that helps low-income residents avoid homelessness, the city granted up to $5.68 million for homelessness-prevention legal services to a single nonprofit without opening the opportunity to other providers. The award, which was approved by the department and the Homelessness Oversight Commission in February, will dispense […]
Posted inGovernment & Politics, Housing
「我将失去一切」：联邦补贴结束 数以百计家庭将被迫再次搬迁
联邦紧急住房券计划即将提前结束，该计划曾帮助数百名旧金山人搬入永久性公寓，这意味着许多租户面临流离失所的风险。