No more ‘delays’: SF city supe urges housing authorities to shelter 500 in vacant units

AS SAN FRANCISCO LEADERS continue to look for solutions in its homeless crisis, City Supervisor Dean Preston has introduced legislation that calls on housing officials supply at least 500 people with currently available, permanent supportive housing units within 90 days. 

During the Board of Supervisors’ weekly meeting, Preston requested that the Department of Homelessness and Supportive Housing fill half of its 1,002 vacant supportive housing units and remain at a vacancy rate below 5 percent moving forward.