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Committee moves to close inclusionary-housing loophole for group housing, debates AMI levels
Summary
The committee voted to apply San Francisco's inclusionary housing requirements to group-housing projects (micro units/SRO-style private-bedroom buildings), adopted Planning Commission technical changes, and continued the ordinance one week to finalize AMI and drafting details after debate about whether rental affordable units should be set at deeper levels (55% AMI) or allowed at higher AMI (90% rental / 120% ownership) for middle-income targeting.
The Land Use and Transportation Committee advanced an ordinance clarifying that group housing projects are subject to the city's inclusionary affordable-housing program and adopted multiple technical amendments recommended by the Planning Commission.
Supervisors John Avalos and Kim coauthored the cleanup to close an interpretation gap the Planning Department flagged: while the original 2002 inclusionary ordinance included group housing in intent, later interpretations left some group-housing projects outside inclusionary requirements. Planning staff told the committee the change…
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