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Planning commission backs code change to create permanently affordable childcare units for family providers
Summary
The commission approved a planning-code amendment to allow one permanently affordable designated childcare unit (BMR DCCU) per project to house licensed family childcare providers at 80% AMI, with program rules to be developed by the Office of Early Care and Education and MOHCD; supporters said it will stabilize small family childcare homes; commissioners asked staff to define implementation and monitoring details.
The Planning Commission on Thursday approved a planning‑code amendment designed to preserve and expand family childcare by encouraging developers to create permanently affordable units reserved for licensed family childcare providers.
Planning staff presented the proposal as a market‑driven incentive: a project could designate a permanently affordable housing unit at 80% of area median income as a designated childcare unit (BMR DCCU) in exchange for developer fee reductions and other incentives. Sheila Michalopoulos of the Planning Department said the change responds to a gap in infant childcare in San Francisco and the instability providers face amid rising housing costs. “Family childcare homes…
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