San Francisco Housing Authority's Profile

• The mission of the San Francisco Housing Authority (SFHA) is to provide safe, sanitary, affordable, and decent housing to very low-income families, senior citizens and persons with disabilities.
• There are approximately 3,200 local housing authorities across the nation, and the SFHA is the 17th largest. New York City is the largest with 181,000 public housing units.
• The SFHA is the oldest housing authority in California.
• In 1940, the SFHA opened Holly Courts, the City's first low-income development, for 118 families.
• The SFHA has grown to include 51 developments with 6,262 public housing units of which 2,027 are senior/disabled units.
• The SFHA also administers 7,409 Section 8 Vouchers and 2,521 other federally subsidized voucher programs.
• The Mayor appoints the seven members of the SFHA Board of Commissioners.
• The seven member Board of Commissioners appoints an Executive Director to lead the SFHA workforce of more than 358 employees in various executive, administrative, and craft occupations.
• Virtually all of the funding for SFHA is derived from the U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development (HUD) and rents paid by residents. Residents pay approximately 30% of their income for rent.
• The total budget for the SFHA is over $218 million.

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Organizational Chart

Board of Commissioners
President Reverend Amos Brown	Vice-President Neola Gans	George R Brown	Millard Larkin III	Jane Hsu	Matthew Schwartz	Dwayne Jones

Executive Office Executive Director Henry A. Alvarez III

Office of General Counsel Assistant General Counsels Tim Larsen / Roger Crawford		Section 8 Housing Department Administrator Tony Ucciferri
Finance Department Administrator of Finance Cheryl Taylor		Housing Development & Modernization Administrator Barbara Smith
Management Support/Procurement Administrator Rene Latosa		Office of Fair Housing & Resident Relations Administrator Belinda Jeffries

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The San Francisco Housing Authority Major Funding Sources

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SFHA PROGRAM UNIT BREAKDOWN

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TENANT DEMOGRAPHIC HIGHLIGHTS *

DESCRIPTION	PUBLIC HOUSING	SECTION 8
Total Number of Households*	5,644	8,953
Total Number of Residents*	11,959	19,703
Race Composition
African-American	41.6%	31.8%
Asian/Pacific Islander	26.8%	30.0%
Caucasian	18.6%	28.1%
Hispanic	10.6%	9.1%
Native American	0.5%	0.7%
Others	1.9%	0.3%
Average Tenant Rent	$286.95	$466.11
Average Household Income	$13,206	$17.548
Number of Households on Waiting List	29,235	21,110
Total Number of Units 6,262
Total Number of Developments 51

* As of September 27, 2007

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SECTION 8 PAYMENT STANDARD BEDROOM SIZE HUD Fair Market Rent Effective Oct 2007 SFHA Payment Standard Effective Oct 2007 SRO $776 $853 Studio $1035 $1,138 One $1,272 $1,399 Two* $1,592 $1,751 Three $2,125 $2,337 Four $2,246 $2,470 Five $2,582 $2,840 Six $2,919 $3,210 Seven $3,256 $3,581

* The Average Rent for a Two Bedroom Unit in San Francisco is $1,825 per Month

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HOPE VI Revitalization

• SFHA revitalized five obsolete public housing sites with 1,149 units of new public and affordable housing with 2,607 bedrooms. Eight more sites are planned under the City's HOPE SF Program.
• The SFHA received $118.6 million in HUD HOPE VI grants that leveraged $188.9 million in other private and public funds. The combined revitalization funding $307 million:

 

HAYES VALLEY: HOPE VI

Hayes Valley before demolition A 195 unit mixed income family housing development located three blocks from the San Francisco Civic Center. It replaces 294 small severely distressed public housing units built at angles to the right of way and facing away from the community, with hidden passages and anonymous open spaces. New defensible design features include front doors off right of way, eyes on the street and secured backyard areas. Each unit has an alarm system and modern amenities. McCormack Baron Associates was the development partner.
After - Completed and Occupied in 1999

BERNAL DWELLINGS: HOPE VI

208 Units Before Demolition

Bernal Dwellings was a 208 unit severely distressed public housing high rise development in the Mission District. The 160 new townhouses and flats were completed in September 2001 The site has childcare space, a computer learning center, resident business incubator space, a multi-purpose facility, accessible paths of travel and 30 fully accessible units.

During construction resident apprentices worked along with union workers to complete the construction of the site on time and on budget. The SFHA requires that public housing residents work 25% of construction work force hours.

Defensible design features include front door off right of way, private back yards, secured trash access areas and fenced-in play yards.

Developed by the San Francisco Housing Authority

After - Completed and Occupied in 2001

PLAZA EAST: HOPE VI

Before demolition, the high rises had 276 units

193 new public housing townhouses and flats were completed in December 2001 in the Western Addition.

Defensible design features include front door off right of way, private back yards, secured trash access areas and fenced-in play yards.

McCormack Baron Salazar Developer Partners with SFHA

After - Completed and occupied since 2002

NORTH BEACH PLACE: HOPE VI

229 Units Before Demolition.

Completed in 2004 with 341 mixed income family and senior housing units along with retail and commercial space - an award winning affordable housing development.

One of the most visible developments with an upscale appearance surrounding San Francisco's historic cable car line adjacent to Fisherman's Wharf.

Defensible design features include front doors off right of way, private decks, extensive lighting, and surveillance cameras on a secured podium over retail/ commercial areas.

BRIDGE Housing, The John Stewart Company and EM Johnson Interests developers in partnership with SFHA

New pedestrian-friendly residential apartments (left) with commercial space (center) and the new Cable Car turnaround and a view of the Bay Street façade at Taylor Street (right).

VALENCIA GARDENS: HOPE VI

Valencia Gardens multiple buildings before demolition

Location: Mission District, in the core of San Francisco's commercial and residential ethnically diverse community

Design: 260 mixed income family townhouses and and senior apartments units with multi-purpose facilities and family, senior, childcare and community centers. Defensible design features include front door off right-of-way, private back yards and decks, secured trash access areas and fenced-in play yards

Completion: 2006, 576 bedrooms

Development Partner: Mission Housing Development Corporation

The new children, family and senior-friendly community has a permanent exhibit of the Berniamino Bufano sculptures.

The new entrance at Valencia Street and 15th Street.

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