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SFHA to transition Sunnydale and Potrero management to Bell Properties March 1; agency reports high utilization and ongoing inspection work
Summary
At the Feb. 27 meeting CEO Tanya Leju said Bell Properties will take over management of Sunnydale and Potrero on March 1 while EBMC stays through March to close out financial business. The authority reported 96% utilization rates, about 232 holds ($357,000) and 204 abatements ($400,000+), and described inspection and abatement tracking and weekly
The Housing Authority of the City and County of San Francisco told commissioners on Feb. 27 that Bell Properties will assume property management of the Sunnydale and Potrero sites on March 1, and that EBMC will remain through March to complete financial close-out tasks.
Chief Executive Officer Tanya Leju said the authority has met daily with both management firms during the transition and will continue daily check-ins for at least two weeks after March 1. Leju said many staff have been retained where they wished to remain and that authority and site partners have coordinated resident outreach, office hours and rent information letters.
Leju presented quarter-one operational metrics (Oct. 1'Dec. 31, 2024). She reported HAP-budget utilization at about 96.62% and unit-utilization at about 96.03%. She said PIC reporting alignment with HUD is at 100% for records the authority holds in HUD's PIH Information Center.
The CEO outlined inspection- and enforcement-related data: as of Dec. 31, 2024, the authority reported 232 holds (about $357,000 and averaging about 4.3 months) and 204 abatements (about $400,000 and averaging about 9.4 months). The authority said it has completed roughly 2,600 passing inspections and recorded 976 failed inspections; final-fail rules and abatement timelines were described as part of the process that can lead to payment holds.
Leju said staff use weekly calls and reports with property managers, MOHCD (Mayor's Office of Housing and Community Development), and providers to track abatement resolution, reinspections and recurring issues. She described a new landlord portal for landlords and property owners to view inspection schedules and statuses, and said the authority prioritizes reinspections once owners notify the authority that corrections are complete.
On resident impacts, Leju said Sunnydale has about 130 residents moving either into new on-site buildings or off-site placements as construction and transitions proceed. She said the authority has been communicating with Supervisor Shamann Walton and will arrange an introduction between the supervisor and Bell Properties once the transition stabilizes.
Commissioners asked for more detailed, periodic data that roll up into HUD's PIC and the local CMAP score. One commissioner requested a quarterly deep dive showing the PIC components and the 14 CMAP metrics over time; another requested semiannual procurement and contract performance summaries. Leju and staff agreed to provide quarterly trend reporting to the commission and to present procurement summaries every six months.
Why this matters: the management transition affects residents and the authority's operational continuity; utilization and inspection metrics affect HUD performance scores and subsidy availability. The holds and abatements represent dollars not being paid while units are being remediated or documentation is awaited.
Ending: Commissioners expressed appreciation for staff's operational reporting and asked for follow-up packages that map the presented metrics to HUD's PIC and the authority's CMAP scoring framework.
