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Committee advances 40% neighborhood-preference plan for city-funded affordable housing
Summary
The Land Use & Transportation Committee voted unanimously to send an ordinance creating a 40% neighborhood (supervisorial-district plus half-mile buffer) preference for MOHCD-administered units to the full Board of Supervisors; proponents said it will help longtime residents, while some community groups urged more study and neighborhood-based boundaries.
The Land Use and Transportation Committee unanimously voted to forward to the full Board of Supervisors an ordinance that would reserve 40 percent of units administered or financed by the Mayor’s Office of Housing and Community Development (MOHCD) for residents of the supervisorial district where a project is located, plus a half-mile buffer.
Chair Supervisor Malia Cohen, who convened the hearing, said the proposal responds to flaws in San Francisco’s affordable-housing lottery system and the city’s steep out-migration of longtime residents. “This is incredibly bold and important legislation for residents of San Francisco,” Cohen said, adding that the measure is intended to “even the playing field” for communities that have been excluded from new affordable units.
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