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Supervisors press MOHCD to simplify BMR applications and fix language-access problems
Summary
Supervisor Jane Kim’s follow-up hearing on below-market-rate housing found progress on a single Dahlia application and translation efforts but persistent on-site language-access failures and inconsistent developer practices; MOHCD promised translated materials, training and monitoring and the committee continued the item for further work.
Supervisor Jane Kim opened a hearing on below-market-rate (BMR) policies and procedures, pressing the Mayor’s Office of Housing and Community Development (MOHCD) to simplify applications, provide translations into Chinese, Tagalog and Spanish, and standardize tenant-selection and marketing procedures after earlier problems were reported.
Maria Benjamin of MOHCD said the department oversees roughly 3,300–3,400 affordable units in its portfolio and has worked on a single short BMR application (four pages) and the Dahlia online tool for listings, applications and…
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