Golden shovels in hand, city leaders gathered Wednesday to mark the ceremonial start of construction work on a pair of affordable-housing developments
San Francisco’s Civic Center district is set to receive a double dose of affordable housing after city officials gathered Tuesday to break ground for two publicly subsidized apartment buildings in the neighborhood.
Together, the projects at 750 Golden Gate Ave. and 850 Turk St. — spaced only one block apart — are on track to contribute 167 affordable dwellings to area. “We all know how hard it is for families to be in San Francisco,” said Supervisor Stephen Sherrill — whose district includes the projects — during the rare two-for-one groundbreaking ceremony. In this case, “groundbreaking” is a term of art — construction work began several months ago at both sites. If all goes according to plan, that work will produce two eight-story buildings over the next two years, and the first residents will be able to move in by 2027, according to MidPen Housing Corp., the developer behind the project. The 850 Turk project will include 92 affordable homes set aside for low-income and very-low-income residents. Meanwhile, the 75 affordable apartments slated for the 750 Golden Gate project are intended for teachres and other employees working for either the San Francisco Unified School District or the San Francisco Community College District. Wednesday’s ceremony marks the second time an affordable-housing project for San Francisco educators has broken ground. The first — Shirley Chisholm Village, a 135-unit project in the Outer Sunset — opened last year. “We are prioritizing educators, our teachers, school staff and college employees who give so much to our kids and deserve to live in the communities in which they serve,” said Mayor Daniel Lurie, who joined with other city leaders and project backers in hoisting a golden shovel during the morning event. Both projects are making use of a California program that identifies unused state-owned land that could be transformed into affordable housing. In this case, the projects are repurposing a former parking lot and an underground parking garage that had been used by the staff at a nearby office of the state Employment Development Department. Ex // Top Stories A 77-year-old poem explains protestors' ICE anger Later set to music, Guthrie’s ode decries the dehumanization of immigrants that we’re seeing today The Mint unites beginner crooners and seasoned songbirds The former steakhouse and piano bar has drawn eager karaoke crowds for more than 30 years SFUSD releases much-anticipated — and dreaded — $1.3B budget The district slashed $114 million it tried to thread the needle between preserving jobs while saving a near-unprecedented amount of money The same state program helped pave the way for a project, announced last year, that aims to transform the 60-year-old DMV office at 1377 Fell St. into 372 affordable-housing units. “This is how we solve our housing crisis — unlock underused public land, make bold partnerships and move fast to deliver results,” Lurie said. The two apartment buildings — which together are projected to cost roughly $170 million — have been funded through a combination of state, local and private dollars. A later phase of work is intended to bring another 96-unit development to an adjacent parcel at Golden Gate Avenue and Franklin Street. Demand for rooms at Shirley Chisholm Village has far outstripped the supply, with a wait list that has run more than 1,000 applicants long, according to MidPen Housing, which developed that site as well. Backers of the 750 Golden Gate project expressed hope that the additional homes could help to take the edge off of an affordability crisis that has made it difficult for many San Francisco teachers to live in the city where they work. Another development dedicated to educator housing located at 2205 Mission St. is expected to begin construction by the end of the year. “We fully support providing more opportunities for our educators to live in the communities they serve,” said SFUSD Superintendent Dr. Maria Su in a written statement.
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