The federal Emergency Housing Voucher Program, which helped hundreds of San Franciscans move into permanent apartments, is ending sooner than planned, meaning many tenants risk displacement.
Category: Housing
Posted inCity Hall, Community, Housing
Bed Bug Bites and Mold: Despite Fears, Latino SRO Residents Demand Better Housing Conditions
On a brisk January morning, a group of Latino residents — one nine-months pregnant, others accompanied by their children — walked together three blocks from the Chase Hotel, a single-room occupancy building on Market Street, to San Francisco’s Department of Building Inspection to testify about deteriorating conditions where they live. Over four years, people had reported […]
Posted inAging, Community, Government & Politics, Health, Homelessness, Housing
Veterans Stay Healthy Longer in Housing With Extra Supports. But the Money Could Dry Up.
As California’s population grows older, more people need help aging in place. This is especially true of veterans, a demographic with higher-than-average rates of homelessness. Over two years ago, Swords to Plowshares launched a pilot program offering enhanced services and staffing in subsidized housing to help veterans stay healthy and housed. Early results are promising, but future funding remains uncertain as the Trump admin moves away from long-term housing solutions.
Posted inArts & Culture, Community, Housing
Art Brings Filipinos’ Fight for Affordable Housing to New Audiences
An organization that Filipinos started 25 years ago to advocate for affordable housing in San Francisco is using art to share its message across wider circles.
Posted inHealth, Housing
Treasure Island, a ‘Health Care Desert,’ Gains a Clinic on Wheels
Treasure Island has no permanent medical service, nor does the city plan to establish any. One service agency deployed a medical van to bridge the gap.
Posted inGovernment & Politics, Homelessness, Housing
HUD Scrambles Homelessness Funding Twice in One Month, Throwing Local Service Providers Into Uncertainty
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development has abruptly rescinded a plan to overhaul how it funds local programs serving the homeless, leaving cities unsure how or when billions of federal homelessness dollars will be disbursed.
Posted inCity Hall, Homelessness, Housing, Law & Justice
Eviction Rates in SF Soar as Legal Aid Faces Deep Funding Cuts
San Francisco is experiencing a surge in eviction court filings that has taken even the most seasoned eviction defense lawyers by surprise.
In February, 365 eviction lawsuits were filed — up 57% from a year earlier — and March had 303 filings, bringing the total for this year to 929.
At this pace, San Francisco is on track to seeing more than 3,700 eviction lawsuits this year, versus 2,923 cases filed in 2024, according to the Tenant Right to Counsel, which was established in 2018, when San Francisco passed the “No Eviction Without Representation Act,” requiring the city to fund legal representation for residents facing eviction.
Posted inCommunity, Housing, Neighborhoods, News
Mission District Slated to Gain 168 Affordable Homes for Families by 2027
After years of advocacy and shifting plans, construction has begun on Casa Adelante at 1515 South Van Ness, a project set to bring 168 below-market-rate units to the Mission District by 2027 for low-income, formerly homeless, and HIV-affected families.
Posted inGovernment & Politics, Homelessness, Housing, Immigration, Law & Justice
‘They’ll All Be Homeless’
San Francisco should brace for a surge in homelessness.
That was the assessment of local housing advocates following a Department of Housing and Urban Development announcement that it would “take steps” to ensure no funding would be used to “support sanctuary policies of states or local governments that actively prevent federal authorities from deporting” undocumented residents.
On Friday, HUD Secretary Scott Turner issued a letter informing the department’s grantees and stakeholders of his plans to comply with an executive order titled “Ending Taxpayer Subsidization of Open Borders,” signed by President Trump Feb. 19.
San Francisco adopted its sanctuary city policy in 1989. It prohibits city staff and police from cooperating with Immigration and Customs Enforcement unless required to do so by federal or state law.
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More Tenderloin Tenants Face Eviction Amid Rent Strike
Tenants at 781 O’Farrell St. who have been on a rent strike for more than a year face eviction by Veritas Investments, the owner of their building and once the city’s largest residential landlord.
The four tenants have vowed not to settle unless Veritas fulfills their collective demands for quality-of-life improvements in the building.
Veritas acknowledged but did not respond to a request for comment.