Sunday, January 19, 2025

San Francisco Goes For 550 New Affordable Homes Citywide

Government goes for 550 new affordable homes in San Francisco

By Bay City News.

The city government plans to build five new affordable housing projects in San Francisco, creating 550 new homes for seniors, families and low-income people transitioning out of homelessness, Mayor London Breed's office announced Friday.

Construction could begin as early as 2026 and residents could move in by late 2028, depending on the availability of funding.

Projects were announced in five neighborhoods: Bernal Heights, Sunset District, Potrero Hill, Alamo Square and Forest Hill. Each project will be developed by different groups in partnership with the Mayor's Office of Housing and Community Development (MOHCD), other City agencies and community partners.

MOHCD will fund the acquisition and pre-development of new projects. It will also support applications for future funding sources, including state and federal low-income housing tax credits, financing programs through the California Department of Housing and Community Development, and local pre-development loans.

These projects are a step toward the mayor's state-mandated plan to build 82,000 new homes in the city over the next eight years, according to