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Committee advances ordinance to expand displaced‑tenant housing preference
Summary
The Rules Committee advanced an ordinance to extend San Francisco’s displaced‑tenant preference in affordable‑housing lotteries to people whose units lose contractual affordability, citing estimates that 1,500+ units could lose restrictions between 2021 and 2029; the item was amended and continued to June 10 for further work.
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors Rules Committee advanced an ordinance on June 3 that would expand the city’s displaced‑tenant housing preference to tenants whose affordable‑housing restrictions expire and whose rents would rise to 40% or more of household income.
Supervisor Brown, sponsor of the legislation, told the committee the change would broaden an existing preference that now applies mainly to tenants displaced by the Ellis Act, owner move‑in evictions or fire, and would help families displaced through the natural expiration of affordability covenants. “This legislation…expands the success of the displaced tenant preference,” Brown…
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