housing

City tries new model for resettling homeless

Mary Rees — Thu, 21 Mar 2013 01:13:43 +0000

Last fall, I went to Fifth and King Streets in San Francisco, just under the on-ramp to I-280. A group of tents inhabited the space then. The ground around the tents was swept, and bicycles stood in neat lines. Residents, such as Jessica Prater, knew one another and felt safe there.

"Micro apartments" make room for more San Francisco renters

Ben Trefny — Wed, 09 Jan 2013 01:47:14 +0000

We already know San Francisco’s housing market is tight and competition is fierce. A new city regulation hopes to make some more room in the housing market. Soon, current and aspiring San Franciscans will be able to live in “micro-apartments,” just 220 square feet each. City Supervisor Scott Wiener wrote the legislation making these hutches habitable. He talked about them with Crosscurrents Executive Editor, Ben Trefny.

WEB EXCLUSIVE: A veteran's search for a place to call home

Mariel Waloff — Wed, 15 Aug 2012 01:13:48 +0000

Many San Francisco veterans remain homeless or in transitional housing. Rudy Nevarez, a 66 year-old Vietnam veteran, has been living in transitional housing on Treasure Island for two years. The program, run by Swords to Plowshares, is intended to last two years. After that participants need to find their own housing. Nevarez applied for a HUD-VASH voucher several months ago but was turned down. Swords to Plowshares is letting him stay in the program for an extra 90 days, but then he needs to find another place to live.

On Today's Your Call: What’s next after redevelopment in California?

Ali Budner — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 08:00:00 +0000

On the next Your Call, we’ll talk about the end of California’s redevelopment agencies. Governor Brown’s decision to dissolve redevelopment to redirect funds to the state’s budget will go into effect February 1st. What has redevelopment accomplished in California? And what, if anything, will take its place?