AFFORDABLE HOUSING

As a steering committee member of the S.F. Housing Action Coalition, I have been active in supporting affordable housing developments throughout our city. I am strongly supporting Proposition A--the Affordable Housing bond measure on this November’s ballot. Please Vote YES on A.

As a renter and a supporter of rent control, I know how difficult it can be to find an affordable rental unit in our city. Several years ago, I was subjected to an Owner Move-In (OMI) eviction, and given only 30 days to find a new place to live. As your Supervisor, I will make sure that renters are protected from unfair and unlawful evictions. And I will do this without demonizing property owners.

As a Supervisor, I will work with groups such as the Affordable Housing Alliance, Council of Community Housing Organizations, Habitat for Humanity, S.F. Housing Action Coaliton (on which I currently serve as a steering committee member), Housing Rights Committee of San Francisco, Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC) Bay Area, Nonprofit Housing Association of Northern California, San Francisco Organizing Project, PolicyLink, San Francisco Planning and Urban Research (SPUR), the San Francisco Tenants Union, Transportation for a Livable City, and others to fashion and implement a housing policy that focuses on the creation of new affordable housing with an emphasis on ensuring long-term affordability.

As your Supervisor, I will have the city earmark funding and create incentives to construct new Limited Equity housing for lower and moderate income residents who want to own their own home. I fully support the Community Land Trust model that is being discussed at City Hall.

Transit-oriented housing should take priority. I will also make sure that when new larger housing developments are approved for construction, that improvements and upgrade in transit services and other infrastructure are funded and approved concurrent with and in proportion to the additional housing units that will be created.

I support the successful efforts of SFOP to pass the Surplus Property Ordinance. The ordinance requires that all city departments set-aside vacant or underutilized land for the development of permanently affordable housing for homeless and low-income families and individuals.

I also want to selectively incentivize the conversion of vacant office buildings into housing or mixed-use buildings.

I want to extend the City’s Green Building requirements to new housing construction for buildings of 10 units or more.

DAN KALB
The Experienced Leader We Need to Make
City Government Work Better for
District 5 Residents and All San Franciscans

DAN KALB for Supervisor 5
912 Cole Street, #252, San Francisco, CA 94117
415/753-0137
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