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Commission backs 25% supervisorial geographic preference for new affordable units, splits displaced‑tenant proposal
Summary
The Planning Commission recommended that the Board of Supervisors adopt a geographic preference that reserves up to 25% of new affordable housing units for residents of the supervisorial district plus a half‑mile buffer; the commission voted to remove and develop the displaced‑tenant expansion as a separate ordinance after stakeholder outreach and further modeling.
The Planning Commission on Oct. 22 recommended that the Board of Supervisors adopt an ordinance creating a geographic housing preference that would reserve up to 25% of new affordable units for existing residents of a supervisorial district or those living within a half‑mile buffer of a project. Commissioners also voted to strip the proposed expansion of the displaced‑tenant preference from the same ordinance and asked staff and the Mayor’s Office of Housing and Community Development (MOHCD) to return with a separate, more fully vetted proposal.
Monica Mohan of Planning staff and Sophie Hayward of MOHCD presented the…
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