OCII and mayoral housing office report on Doctor Davis senior residence and 72 Townsend outcomes
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Summary
Mayor’s housing staff and OCII reported lease‑up and sales results: Doctor Davis senior residence filled 120 units after a Housing Authority lottery with many residents under 20% AMI and local certificate‑of‑preference holders placed; 72 Townsend completed seven affordable homeownership sales with 304 applicants.
Representatives from the Mayor’s Office of Housing and Community Development and OCII presented outcome reports for two recent projects: Doctor Davis senior residence and 72 Townsend.
Maria Benjamin summarized Doctor Davis as a 121‑unit building (including one manager unit) with 120 leased units. The San Francisco Housing Authority received 4,126 applications and ran a lottery that incorporated multiple preferences: existing Alice Griffith seniors, COP (certificate of preference) holders with local priorities, homeless set‑asides, veteran and rent‑burdened preferences, and other HUD and local categories. Of the households housed, staff reported 82 households under 20 percent area median income (extremely low income) and significant representation from Hunters Point and the Western Addition; OCII and partner Bayview Hunters Point senior services performed intensive outreach to ensure eligible applicants completed housing authority requirements.
Staff described operational steps to prioritize outreach (knocking on doors, direct assistance with Housing Authority wait‑list enrollment) and noted successful supportive services partnerships that included donated furniture, free internet access and computer training. Maria Benjamin and staff recounted individual success stories of formerly homeless or rent‑burdened seniors who moved into the development and are now participating in wellness and community programs.
72 Townsend was presented as a small affordable homeownership project with seven inclusionary units, 304 applicants and sales to residents from across the city. Staff said they required a 5 percent down payment (3 percent permitted as gifts and 2 percent from buyer funds) and described typical market mortgage conditions.
Commissioners praised the detailed outreach work and asked for additional briefings and to share the presentation with the mayor’s office and Board of Supervisors. Staff introduced Sonia McDaniel as the new certificate‑of‑preference program coordinator and thanked Brooke Barber for her work on the COP program.
