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Board subcommittee reviews "housing ladder" strategy and eviction prevention in San Francisco
Summary
City departments and providers told the Board subcommittee on May 7, 2014 that coordinated assessment, targeted supportive services and more rental subsidies are needed to move people from shelter and supportive housing into more independent housing; tenant advocates urged stronger eviction-prevention funding and legal help.
San Francisco — City officials and housing providers told the Board of Supervisors Budget & Finance Subcommittee on May 7 that a coordinated “housing ladder” approach and stronger eviction-prevention tools are essential to get people out of shelters and create space for newly homeless residents.
The hearing, called by Chair Mark Farrell, brought presentations from the Mayor’s Office of HOPE, Human Services Agency (HSA), Department of Public Health (DPH) and the Mayor’s Office of Housing and Community Development (MOHCD). Bevan Dufty of HOPE summarized the concept as movement from emergency shelter and stabilization into supportive housing and then on to permanent subsidized or market housing when feasible. “Evictions from city-funded units that were intended to house vulnerable people should be a last resort,” Dufty said, urging stronger eviction prevention and expanded financial-empowerment services.
The Eviction Defense Collaborative told the committee that evictions from subsidized and city-funded units are common and fast: Nathaniel Pleiter, supervising…
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