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Committee approves nearly $9.9M in MHSA housing funds for supportive housing
Summary
The committee approved acceptance of roughly $9.88 million in Mental Health Services Act housing funds to finance permanent supportive housing and operating subsidies for San Franciscans with severe mental illness; some project-level details remain under negotiation and will return to public processes.
The Budget & Finance Committee voted to accept approximately $9,877,600 in Mental Health Services Act (MHSA) housing funds and to assign those funds to the California Housing Finance Agency for loan and operating-subsidy administration.
Alice Gleghorn, deputy director for community behavioral health services, said the MHSA allocation will fund capital loans and operating subsidies to develop housing for people with severe mental illness who are homeless or at risk of homelessness. The resolution is part of the state—s statutory acceptance-and-assignment process tied to Proposition 63 revenues.
The budget analyst noted the department supplied complete details for only one project (Polk Street senior housing, about $1,000,000 of the request) and said that additional project specifics remain under negotiation and subject to public postings, hearings and 30-day review windows. Supervisor questions focused on timing, which projects were fully formed and when more concrete project documents would be available.
Gleghorn said Polk Street—s application was complete and time-sensitive; the city must submit the full allocation to the state to preserve eligibility and then work through individual project approvals and community planning during subsequent steps. The committee forwarded the resolution to the full board with the standard acceptance and assignment language; supervisors emphasized they expect project-level details to be posted once negotiations conclude.
