What Is Affordable Housing for Renters in S.F.?

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San Francisco does have a central list of affordable units currently available, but that list simply routes to the nonprofits in charge, and interested tenants must still contact them to seek a unit. Photo courtesy of Mission Local

By Joe Rivano Barros, Mission Local
A common cry on all sides of the housing debate is to build more affordable housing and build it fast. But more often than not onlookers are left wondering just what affordable housing means — and how affordable is it.

The Mission has seen hundreds of affordable housing units approved in the last few months. Some 434 units were slated for the neighborhood in the tail end of 2015, from the 165-unit complex on Mission Street to the most recent, 96 units of senior housing at 26th and Shotwell. 

Read the complete story at Mission Local. 

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