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Board amends fire victims assistance fund to extend aid for displaced tenants
Summary
The Board unanimously approved amendments to the city's Fire Victims Assistance Fund to allow rental subsidy assistance beyond the current two-year limit for eligible low-income residents displaced by fires, and removed a three-month eligibility window to accommodate people who learn of services later.
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors unanimously adopted an ordinance on first reading on June 13 to amend the city's Fire Victims Assistance Fund, allowing qualified tenants displaced by fire to receive payments for up to four years in limited circumstances and removing a three-month deadline for initial Human Services Agency (HSA) assistance.
Supervisor Hillary Ronan, one of the item's sponsors, said the change targets very low-income residents (those at or below 70 percent of area median income) who have applied for below-market-rate housing through the Mayor's Office of Housing as tenants displaced by a fire and who have not secured permanent housing. The amendment…
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