Our Homes - Ending the Housing Crisis: Social Housing in San Francisco

Our Homes: Ending the Housing Crisis

Social housing in San Francisco’s needs to meet two criterias: owned by the city, a nonprofit, residents, or a residents’ association that ensures permanent long term affordable housing and serves all income qualified households with a maximum average of not more than 80% of median income across all units. There are many new social housing developments underway in San Francisco including developing churches into social housing and using land trusts to make affordable housing.

Hans How is a member of the C&C of San Francisco Housing Stability Fund Oversight Board, a public body formed to provide oversight on San Francisco’s funds for the creation of social housing. He also acts as a program manager for housing initiatives at Meta. He discusses the city's new social housing programs. This episode of Our Homes is hosted by Senator Stanley Chang.