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Planning Department to accept $7 million HUD Pro Housing grant to speed permitting and preserve housing
Summary
The Board of Supervisors Budget and Finance Committee voted 3-0 to forward a resolution authorizing the Planning Department to retroactively accept a $7 million HUD Pro Housing grant. The award will fund staff, studies, and programs to streamline post-entitlement processing, preserve single-room occupancy buildings and expand housing types.
The Budget and Finance Committee on April 23 unanimously forwarded a resolution to the full Board of Supervisors authorizing the Planning Department to retroactively accept and expend a $7,000,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Pro Housing Program.
The Planning Department told the committee the funding will support four primary activities tied to the city’s adopted housing element, including streamlining post-entitlement permitting to unlock the development pipeline, a capital-needs assessment and funding strategy for city‑funded SROs, training for faith-based institutions interested in building affordable housing, and measures to expand housing types in…
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