SF educators receive affordable housing, but will they qualify?
(KRON) – Starting Tuesday, any San Francisco Unified School District educator or employee will be allowed to apply to Shirley Chisholm Village – the first 100% affordable housing project for SFUSD educators and employees. The only way an SFUSD educator can qualify for a spot, however, is through a lottery system.
San Francisco Mayor London Breed and the SFUSD have teamed up on Tuesday to announce the application for Shirley Chisholm’s lottery period, which will run from April 2 to 23. The application fee for the lottery is $45.
According to the affordable housing lottery website, winners will be determined using random.org, a public-access random number generator.
According to the mayor’s office, the lottery will be ranked depending on the household’s earnings and the “preferences” they qualify for, such as being forced to move due to an emergency, living with a student, or having vision or hearing impairments. The mayor’s office says households earning up to 120% of the Average Monthly Income (AMI) are also subject to tenant preferences.
Despite being advertised as prioritizing families, the project on 43rd Avenue in the Sunset District will house 135 units in total, with over half of the units being studio or one-bedroom apartments. Fifty-eight two-bedroom and nine three-bedroom apartments will be offered to households of two tenants or more.
If there are more apartments available than eligible SFUSD educators and employees who apply, apartments will be leased to the general public who meet eligibility requirements. Applications for the general public will open in Summer 2024. Visit housing.sfgov.org for updates.
“San Francisco has a housing shortage that is holding us back from being a thriving, affordable city, but we are making significant changes to get more homes built. Shirley Chisholm Village is an example of our work to make this city more affordable,” said Mayor London Breed.
The residence will be named after Shirley Chisholm, a notable advocate for public education and the first black woman elected to US Congress. According to the mayor’s office, the Shirley Chisholm Village was the first 100% affordable housing development to break ground in the Sunset in the last decade.
“We must continue to build on this momentum to find every opportunity to bring housing solutions that are affordable so all working people can live in the communities that they work so hard to support. This includes our SFUSD educators and staff that are working tirelessly every day to serve San Francisco students and families and make sure the next generation can thrive,” Breed said.
Upon completion this summer, MidPen Property Management will manage the property, with MidPen Resident Services providing resident services. The mayor’s office says this project’s location in the high-resource area of the Sunset District was crucial in receiving more than $24 million in federal low-income housing tax credits.
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