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Committee recommends extending fire-victim rental subsidies after public testimony from displaced tenants
Summary
The committee recommended an ordinance to let qualifying fire victims receive Fire Victims Assistance Fund payments for up to four years (instead of two) if they earn 70% of area median income or less and have applied for an affordable housing preference; public speakers urged a longer application window and better communication for displaced tenants.
The Public Safety and Neighborhood Services Committee on June 5 voted to send an ordinance to the full Board that would amend the administrative code to allow tenants displaced by fires to receive payments from the Fire Victims Assistance Fund for up to four years instead of two, for households earning 70 percent or less of area median income who have applied for a city affordable-housing preference.
Chair Hillary Ronan described a series of Mission District fires that displaced dozens of low-income residents and said the change would give a "small but important" cushion…
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