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DESCRIPTION:55 laguna rally/press conference for Affordable Housing\nMonday, January 7, 
 5:30pm\nTommi Avicolli Mecca (via list)\nqueer affordable housing 
 activist\ntommi avicolli mecca \n\nHi everyone:\nFirst of all: Please feel 
 free to pass this email along to your contacts.\n\nThere's going to be a 
 press conference/rally on Monday, January 7,\n5:30pm, outside the LGBT 
 center. We are meeting there because it is\nclose to 55 Laguna, the site of 
 a proposed housing project on the\noutskirts of the Castro.\n\nAs many of 
 you probably already know, the project (which is on the old\nUC site) will 
 involve the building of over 400 units, 88 of which are\nbeing designated 
 for Open House, an LGBT senior "assisted-living"\ncomplex. None of the Open 
 House units will be affordable. As\nassisted-living, they are claiming 
 exemption from the city's\naffordable housing requirements. The folks at 
 Open House say that they\nare committed to providing affordable units, but 
 at present don't have\nfunding for it. The rest of the project will only 
 have 15% affordable\nunits at 50% of AMI (area median income, which for a 
 single person is\naround $38,000). To spell out why that is NOT a good 
 deal: A person\nwould have to earn $38,000 a year to QUALIFY for the 
 "affordable"\nunits. This is not affordable to the people in SF who really 
 need housing.\n\nSome of us in the LGBT and non-LGBT community are calling 
 for more\naffordable housing at 55 Laguna. We are not opposed to housing at 
 55\nLaguna. We are certainly not opposed to LGBT senior housing. We 
 would\nlike to see more affordable units at a lower AMI level. That 
 means\nunits for people who are earning minimum wage, as well as people 
 on\nSSI and other fixed incomes. Also people with AIDS who don't 
 earn\nanywhere near $38,000 a year. We want a DIVERSE community at 55 
 Laguna\nand that means people of various income levels. A vital component 
 of\ndiversity is inclusion of people of all income levels.\n\nThe city must 
 not let public land be used for housing that will not be\nincome inclusive, 
 and that will not meet SF's greatest need:\nAffordable housing and as much 
 of it as we can get. We can do better\nthan what's being proposed right now 
 at 55 Laguna. We must do better.\n\nJoin us in calling for more affordable 
 housing at 55 Laguna! Monday,\nJanuary 7, 5:30pm, outside of the LGBT 
 Center, Market and Octavia.\nThank you.\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2008/01/05/18470270.php
SUMMARY:55 laguna rally/press conference for Affordable Housing
LOCATION:Join us in calling for more affordable housing at 55 Laguna! 
 Monday,\nJanuary 7, 5:30pm, outside of the LGBT Center, Market and Octavia.
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2008/01/05/18470270.php
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