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Supervisor Kim introduces housing-balance report and requests hearing on evictions and production
Summary
Supervisor Kim introduced a hearing request for the planning department to present a newly produced housing-balance count, citing a 10-year citywide affordable housing production rate of 18% and substantial losses of rent-controlled units to evictions and conversions.
Supervisor Kim on July 7 introduced a request that the planning department present the first housing-balance count report to a board committee and called for further hearings to examine disparities in housing production and the loss of rent-controlled units.
Kim said the citywide housing balance over the past decade "was 18%" for built affordable housing and identified neighborhoods with particularly low affordable production, including the Mission (3%) and Chinatown/downtown (6%). She cited substantial losses of rent-controlled units via evictions and conversions, naming District 4 as having a loss figure discussed in the report and identifying hundreds of units lost in multiple districts: "District 8... had the most evictions, 844 units lost over the last 10 years." Kim said these figures show the need for immediate actions to increase acquisition and development funding for affordable housing.
Nut graf: The housing-balance count is intended to give the board district-level data on new affordable versus market-rate housing and documented losses of rent-controlled units so supervisors can evaluate tools such as a surplus public lands measure, tenant-protection ordinances, and a housing stabilization trust to preserve and produce affordable housing.
Kim said several measures are already on the board's queue to address both production and preservation: a surplus public lands ballot measure prioritizing affordable housing on city-owned sites, tenant-protection legislation, a housing stabilization trust ordinance, and the $310 million affordable housing bond moving forward.
Ending: Kim requested the planning department present the report to a committee later in July and said she would introduce interim controls and other follow-up items to address the findings. The board did not take a committee vote at the July 7 meeting; the item was introduced for future consideration.
