Homeless Families Campaign for Affordable Housing

by Ben Malley, Beyond Chron (reposted)

Mon, Apr 2, 2007 7:08AM

The Coalition on Homelessness, a number of other advocates and homeless families from all over San Francisco gathered on March 30 at City Hall to denounce the city’s housing policy. With 4,500 units of affordable housing in the pipeline, only six percent of that would go towards homeless families under the current plan.

Over the next 18 months, an additional 498 subsidized housing units will be made available. But due to the current income criteria for these units, they would only be affordable for 15 percent of homeless families.

Homeless advocates spoke from the steps of City Hall and asked the city to fund an operating subsidy. They want to reverse the percentage of units available to homeless families – making the number 85 percent, rather than 15.

“There are more than 2,400 homeless families in San Francisco,” Jennifer Friedenbach, Director of the Coalition on Homelessness said. “These families don’t have the income to qualify for most of the affordable housing in this city. Mayor Newsom needs to start doing something about homeless families now, and he hasn’t done anything.”

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