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Board approves first‑reading ordinance requiring supportive‑housing providers to help tenants enroll in public benefits
Summary
Supervisors unanimously passed on first reading an ordinance requiring city‑funded supportive housing providers to make reasonable efforts to enroll clients in public benefits and report on utilization.
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors on Dec. 15 passed on first reading an ordinance that requires providers of city‑funded permanent supportive housing to make reasonable efforts to enroll tenants in all public benefits for which they are eligible and to provide annual reporting on benefits utilization.
Supervisor Farrell, sponsor of the ordinance, said the measure grew out of a city services audit of the Human Services Agency (HSA) and its supportive‑housing portfolio, which found incomplete data on benefit uptake among tenants and identified an estimated pool of residents who likely qualified for additional benefits but…
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