San Francisco Office Of The Mayor: Board Of Supervisors Approves Two New Permanent Supportive Housing Acquisitions

Press release from the San Francisco Office of the Mayor:

October 19, 2021

Acquisition of new units of Permanent Supportive Housing builds on Mayor Breed’s Homelessness Recovery Plan

San Francisco, CA — The Board of Supervisors voted today to approve the purchase of two new buildings for Permanent Supportive Housing (PSH). The two buildings, located at 3061 16th Street and 1321 Mission Street, will add 185 new PSH units to Mayor Breed’s goal of creating 1,500 PSH units by July 2022. Since the launch of Mayor Breed’s Homelessness Recovery Plan in July 2020, the City has purchased or leased 714 PSH units.

“As we continue to address our City’s homelessness crisis, we must take advantage of existing resources to get people the help they so desperately need,” said Mayor Breed. “During this critical time in our recovery, we need to expand our homelessness response and build on the progress we have made placing thousands of unsheltered people into emergency housing throughout the pandemic. I want to thank the Board of Supervisors for taking this critical step forward to provide housing for our City's most vulnerable communities.”

The two sites, identified based on geographic diversity and accessibility to resources, will provide residents with professional property management and onsite support services.

For more information on the proposed acquisitions, please visit the Department of Homelessness and Supportive Housing’s website: hsh.sfgov.org/get-involved/notices/

“We are excited about the acquisition of the property at 3061 16th Street. This building is a beautiful and safe place where formally homeless transitional age youth can recover from a life of trauma,” said District 9 Supervisor Hillary Ronen. “It’s almost impossible to get healthy on the streets. Now 25 homeless youth will have a meaningful chance of recovery and success.”

“This is a very exciting time for the City,” said Shireen McSpadden, Executive Director, Department of Homelessness and Supportive Housing. “With new resources in the budget, we’re able to make an impact throughout the city, broadening our effort to include geographic diversity in housing while moving our most vulnerable residents into permanent homes. This is a citywide challenge, and a city-wide effort that we are working together to solve.”

The acquisitions of 185 new PSH units build on Mayor Breed’s Homelessness Recovery Plan by helping the City create more housing and shelter for homeless residents as San Francisco emerges from the COVID-19 pandemic. Through Mayor Breed’s plan, the City will expand capacity in the Homelessness Response System and will make 6,000 placements available for people experiencing homelessness through Coordinated Entry, including 4,500 placements in PSH. This includes acquiring or leasing 1,500 new units of PSH in the next two years, the largest one-time expansion in the City in 20 years.

Progress on Mayor Breed’s Homelessness Recovery Plan can be found here: sf.gov/data/homelessness-recovery-plan

This press release was produced by the San Francisco Office of the Mayor. The views expressed here are the author’s own.