Mayor’s housing office outlines pipeline goals, calls for clearer unit tracking and benchmarks

The Mayor’s Office of Housing presented the department’s proposed performance measures and targets for the coming budget year, outlining how the office tracks new construction, rehabilitated units, and initial funding commitments that feed the development pipeline.

Matt Franklin, speaking for the Mayor’s Office of Housing, said the office tracks both units completed and units initiated through funding commitments because development can take several years from commitment to completion. He proposed reinserting the ABAG/RHNA regional housing need assessment as the appropriate benchmark for need and recommended breaking reports down by target population (for example, chronically homeless, seniors, low-income families).

Franklin described a combined target with the Redevelopment Agency of 750 rental units per year (a combined regional goal) and said the Mayor’s Office of Housing’s own share would seed roughly $660 million in commitments this year to support new units. He also said MOH monitors approximately 11,000 deed- or program-restricted affordable units and would add measures showing how well the office monitors resales and deed restrictions.

Supervisors asked for clearer breakdowns (MOH vs SFRA share, inclusionary vs down-payment assistance totals), subgrouping by family versus senior units, and replacement measures for rehab-based cost-efficiency metrics (Franklin suggested substituting new-construction comparisons because rehab scope varies widely). The committee directed MOH to include target-population breakdowns and pipeline forecasts in forthcoming reports.