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Committee advances ordinance requiring eviction reporting from city‑funded housing providers
Summary
The Board of Supervisors Budget & Finance Committee advanced an ordinance Jan. 7 that would require recipients of city‑funded housing contracts to submit annual, de‑identified reports on eviction filings and removals; departments will compile portfolio reports. An amendment to add flexibility to reporting requirements was adopted and the item was approved as amended.
Chair Mark Farrell on Wednesday introduced an ordinance, co‑sponsored by Supervisor Breed, that would require recipients of city‑funded contracts for the administration or development of housing to submit annual reports on eviction activity in units the city funds.
Farrell said the ordinance is aimed at better understanding evictions from publicly funded units that house vulnerable residents, including SROs, master‑lease rooms, supportive housing sites and housing authority properties that received local funds. The required reports would list the number of unlawful detainers filed and the reasons for filings, the number of tenants and households removed and the reason for eviction; the ordinance explicitly protects personally identifying information, Farrell said.
Farrell said the Department of Public Health, the Human Services Agency and the Mayor's Office of Housing would collect data from housing partners and compile annual reports for their respective portfolios. He also said the legislation encourages — but cannot mandate — housing providers to submit past eviction statistics because of federal preemption concerns.
The committee adopted a set of minor amendments to provide reporting flexibility for some providers and then approved the ordinance as amended without objection. Public comment was closed before the motion. The committee’s action moves the ordinance forward to the full Board of Supervisors.
