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Board approves ordinance giving preference to redevelopment-era residential certificate-holders in affordable housing programs
Summary
The board passed on first reading an ordinance to give residential certificate-of-preference holders from the Redevelopment Agency priority access to city affordable housing programs, with sponsor-submitted technical amendments and a requirement for a hearing if redemption use exceeds 50% in any fiscal year.
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors voted on Oct. 7 to approve on first reading an ordinance providing that holders of residential certificates of preference (COPs) under the San Francisco Redevelopment Agency’s property owner and occupant preference program receive a preference in the City’s affordable housing programs.
Sponsor remarks and amendments
Supervisor Mark Mercarini introduced the ordinance, the result of outreach to community groups including Japantown and African American neighborhood leaders, redevelopment staff and the Mayor’s Office of Housing. Mercarini and his co-sponsors argued the measure responds to historic displacement from redevelopment-era projects in the Western Addition/Japantown area and attempts to provide a tangible pathway for those displaced to access city affordable housing.
Mercarini read three amendments into the record: 1)…
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