Yes on K: Social Housing Act

SF can implement the strong voter mandate of Prop K by creating a municipal housing program. So what's the hold-up? Unfortunately, it's a lack of imagination.

Thank you Shanti Singh and Alex Lantsberg, of the Housing Stability Fund Oversight Board, for writing this article and working to chart a path forward!

Check out the full article athttps://www.sfbuildingtradescouncil.org/pdf/archives/2021/OrgLab_Dec21-Low-rez.pdf

CC London Breed 倫敦．布里德 San Francisco Mayor's Office of Housing and Community Development Connie Chan 陳詩敏 Catherine Stefani Aaron Peskin Gordon Mar 馬兆明 Dean Preston Matt Haney Myrna Melgar 梅義加 District 7 Supervisor Rafael Mandelman Hillary Ronen Shamann Walton 華頌善 Supervisor Ahsha Safai

“Just as 78 percent of Democrats nationally support expanding Medicare, three out of every four San Franciscans support social housing.”

Last year’s Prop K represented a clear mandate for public social housing — not austerity and cuts!

This year, a broad coalition of unions, community groups, and tenants are working to hold the City accountable. Email the Supervisors to share your support! https://actionnetwork.org/letters/we-need-your-support-for-the-emergency-housing-acquisition-program/

Article: https://48hills.org/2021/11/memo-to-sf-supes-on-affordable-housing-dont-be-joe-manchin/

Memo to SF supes: On affordable housing, don't be Joe Manchin - 48 hills Approving money for social housing is a clear mandate—and the opposition talking points are the same old tired nonsense we have heard before.

We need your support for the Emergency Housing Acquisition Program A few months ago, we demanded Mayor Breed and Board of Supervisor Use Prop I Money for Rent Relief and Affordable Housing. During the budget process, some money was set aside for rent relief, but social housing was shut out entirely. It was a huge disappointment. But we’re still fighting, and now ...

Next Wednesday 11/17: support $64 million more for social housing! We didn't get a single dollar extra for social housing in the budget process, and it's crucial we act NOW to buy land before housing speculation and evictions get worse.

👉 Join the 9:30 AM rally at City Hall (Polk St steps)
👉 Call in to public comment at the Budget & Finance Committee after 10:30 AM

A powerful set of demands for large-scale public housing!

Half a Million South Korean Workers Walk Off Jobs in General Strike U.S. observers must not treat the struggle in South Korea as a distant concern.

Berlin residents to vote in referendum on seizing rentals from corporate landlords | CBC Radio Residents in Berlin, fed up with increasingly high rents, have secured a referendum on housing that could have reverberations across Europe.

Good news! After five months of delays, the inaugural meeting date for SF's social housing Oversight Board has been set!

The meeting will take place virtually on Tuesday 08/24 at 4:15 PM.

You can find the agenda and how to join at

HSFOB Inaugural Meeting | San Francisco Part of Housing Stability Fund Oversight Board Archive HSFOB Inaugural Meeting August 24, 2021 In this page: Agenda Introductions (10 minutes) Summary of Housing Stability Fund Legislation (10 minutes) Text of Legislation to establish the Social Housing Program Stability Fund Oversight Board role MO...

Social housing in SF faces delays!

The Oversight Board for the social housing fund has not yet met, despite being appointed 3 months ago.

Today, we sent a letter to San Francisco Mayor's Office of Housing and Community Development requesting the inaugural meeting of the Housing Stability Fund Oversight Board be held within a month.

We are keeping an eye on this inaugural meeting and hope it will be noticed soon as requested.

To find out more, here is the letter as a PDF: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1usFwKvk_03Q1Y4v_ixnW78KIFJIndh80/view?usp=sharing

Email your Supervisor to make sure Prop I funds are used for housing as intended! https://sfbos.org/roster-members

A fight is breaking out over how to spend money from San Francisco's real estate tax The debate over how to spend a voter-approved tax hike on San Francisco’s most...

Prop K authorized 10,000 units of municipal housing and relied on Prop I to fund it.

The Mayor, however, does not want to use Prop I funds as voters intended.

Please sign this petition to Mayor London Breed 倫敦．布里德 to support Prop I’s intent! https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/mayor-breed-and-board-of-supervisors-use-prop-i-money-for-rent-relief-and-affordable-housing

Mayor Breed and Board of Supervisors: Put Biden’s words into action and follow the will of the voters - The San Francisco Examiner By David Campos

Mayor London Breed 倫敦．布里德 cannot ignore the will of the voters this brazenly. The intent of Prop I to fund rent relief and social housing was clear to voters.

The Mayor cannot feign ignorance now and act like she is representing SF voters.

Breed won't promise to spend real-estate tax money on rent relief | 48 hills The voters approved Prop. I last fall to support tenants and affordable housing, but the mayor says she will use the money for her own priorities.

Four months ago, 73.5% of SF voters approved Prop K, allowing SF to create a Municipal Housing for All pilot program. But the Mayor's Office of Housing and Mayor Breed have yet to say a word.

Sign our petition and share your thoughts on what this would mean to you! https://actionnetwork.org/letters/sf-municipal-housing-pilot/

What are the benefits of Municipal Housing for All?
- Financially sustainable
- Focused on low-income tenants
- Independent from HUD defunding, HUD tenant discrimination laws
- Locally regulated
- Strong environmental standards
- Good-paying jobs
- Permanent public ownership

Our petition lays a clear path forward to recreating a public housing infrastructure in SF. We've been working on this for over four years.

We need the Mayor's Office to listen to 73.5% of SF voters to make this a reality.

Take a minute to sign on and share your story! https://actionnetwork.org/letters/sf-municipal-housing-pilot/

Tell Mayor Breed: Fund Municipal Housing for All NOW! The federal government’s classist and racist defunding of HUD public housing has directly led to more homelessness and worsened our housing crisis. It is time for San Francisco to join other major cities around the world — including Vienna, Austria and Singapore — in producing high-quality Mun...