“Social housing” refers to housing for all that is focused on working people, and affordable to working people. It is a powerful antidote to the for-profit ecosystem that controls our housing market today – driven by greed, not need.

To create social housing, SF voters approved Prop K in November 2020 to authorize 10,000 units of Public Housing for All, and passed Prop I to raise around $140 million this upcoming year for social housing.

In February and March, the Prop I social housing oversight board received over a dozen proposals from grassroots organizations, labor unions, and non-profit housing developers.

These proposals were assembled into a ground-breaking slate of recommendations, including:

1. Funding a first-in-the-nation study on a municipal housing agency to run Public Housing for All
2. $60 million to buy land for social housing, including $20 million for educator housing
3. $52 million for social housing construction and accessibility upgrades
4. $4 million in rent subsidies for extremely low-income seniors and people with disabilities.

These recommendations represent a community-driven vision for social housing, and we need your help to make sure the Mayor approves them! Mayor Breed has frequently opposed spending Prop I revenue on social housing (May 2022, November 2021, June 2021), and is the most important decision-maker in the City on our annual budget.

Please take a minute or two to send an email in support!

To give public comment on Wednesday May 4 at 1 PM to the Board of Supervisors, sign up here and we'll let you know when to call in!

For more details on the final social housing recommendations, you can find the full list here.