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DBI reports faster housing‑authority responses under new MOU and intensifying effort to clear outstanding violations
Summary
DBI and the San Francisco Housing Authority described a February MOU that sped responses for public‑housing complaints; DBI said it has materially reduced open notices of violation through targeted cleanup and litigation, including an $800,000 settlement with a repeat offender.
The Building Inspection Commission reviewed a pair of enforcement updates on July 18: DBI’s housing inspection division reported quicker, coordinated responses under a February memorandum of understanding with the San Francisco Housing Authority, and DBI described ongoing work to reduce a large backlog of outstanding notices of violation.
Rosemary Bosque, chief housing inspector for DBI, told commissioners the MOU established a protocol for transmitting housing complaints quickly to designated Housing Authority staff and counsel. "Since that time, we have had about 173 complaints received from occupants in those types of buildings," she said, and most complaints…
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