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HOUSING SUBCOMMITTEE MINUTES

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The Housing Committee advises SOMPAC members on housing related issues as they pertain to the South of Market Project Area. Some of the current projects the committee has endorsed are the development of 8 units of affordable homeownership housing being developed by Habitat for Humanity located at 1009 Mission Street to be completed January 2004 . The most recent project will be a direct development project by the San Francisco Redevelopment Agency of  106 SRO studio units at the current site of the Plaza Hotel.  The Housing Committee works diligently to ensure that our most vulnerable residents are not displaced or left homeless when hotel rehabilitations take place. 

New Affordable Family Housing Completed:

  • 1028 Howard, 30 family units. Developer: Mercy Housing California

  • 587 Natoma, 29 family units. Developer: Housing Development and Neighborhood Preservation Corporation

  • 518 Minna, 24 family units. Developer: Asian Inc.

  • 479 Natoma, 30 family units. Developer: Asian Inc.

  • 1035 Folsom, 50 family units. Developer: Mercy Housing California

  • Leland Apartments, 980 Howard, 24 units for disabled families. Developer: TODCO

  • 529-39 Minna, 26 family units in conjunction with construction of a children's community playground. Developer: Asian Neighborhood Design

  • 1045 Mission: 278 apartments, including 55 affordable units. Developer: Emerald Fund

  • 1009 Mission: 8 affordable ownership units. Developer: Habitat for Humanity

New SRO Housing

  • Knox Hotel, 241 Sixth Street, 140 SRO residential units. Developer: TODCO

  • Plaza Hotel, 988-992 Howard Street, Developer: PIDC, Acquired by SFRA, Existing 34 Unit SRO Slated for Demolition & Redevelopment of 106 Units

SRO Residential Rehabilitation

  • Rose Hotel, 125 Sixth Street, 75 SRO rehabilitation units Developer: Mercy Housing California

  • Grand Southern Hotel, 1095 Minna, 72 SRO rehabilitation units Developer: TODCO.

  • Sunnyside Hotel, 135 Sixth Street, 53 SRO rehabilitation units (affordability maintained for 5 years only). Developer: Tenderloin Housing Clinic.

  • 1049 Howard, 30 SRO rehabilitation units for very low-income women. Developer: Chemical Awareness Treatment Services

  • Delta Hotel, 80 Sixth Street, 152 SRO Units Developer: TODCO, Ground Floor Community Facility Very Low Income Households

  • 8th & Howard, replacement of 88 SRO units. Developers: TNDC & CHC

SRO Development Purchasing

  • Delta Hotel: 152 SRO rehabilitation units. Developer: GP/TODCO.

  • Dudley Apts., 172 Sixth Street, 74 SRO rehabilitation units. Mercy Housing California

  • SRO Replacements: Up to 250 new SRO units to replace units lost to this earthquake or during rehabilitation.

Future Activity

 Efforts are underway to amend the existing Redevelopment Plan in order to expand the objectives of the Redevelopment Plan to facilitate additional housing, community facilities and economic development activities, 2) require Owner Participation Agreements (OPAs) on properties in the project area to facilitate the rehabilitation of existing SRO hotels and apartment buildings and the development of new housing and commercial development and 3) provide the project with the necessary tools, provided through California Redevelopment Law, in order to implement the objectives of the Redevelopment Plan.