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55 laguna rally/press conference for Affordable Housing | |
Date | Monday January 07 |
Time | 5:30 PM - 6:30 PM |
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Join us in calling for more affordable housing at 55 Laguna! Monday, January 7, 5:30pm, outside of the LGBT Center, Market and Octavia. |
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Event Type | Protest |
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55 laguna rally/press conference for Affordable Housing
Monday, January 7, 5:30pm Tommi Avicolli Mecca (via list) queer affordable housing activist tommi avicolli mecca Hi everyone: First of all: Please feel free to pass this email along to your contacts. There's going to be a press conference/rally on Monday, January 7, 5:30pm, outside the LGBT center. We are meeting there because it is close to 55 Laguna, the site of a proposed housing project on the outskirts of the Castro. As many of you probably already know, the project (which is on the old UC site) will involve the building of over 400 units, 88 of which are being designated for Open House, an LGBT senior "assisted-living" complex. None of the Open House units will be affordable. As assisted-living, they are claiming exemption from the city's affordable housing requirements. The folks at Open House say that they are committed to providing affordable units, but at present don't have funding for it. The rest of the project will only have 15% affordable units at 50% of AMI (area median income, which for a single person is around $38,000). To spell out why that is NOT a good deal: A person would have to earn $38,000 a year to QUALIFY for the "affordable" units. This is not affordable to the people in SF who really need housing. Some of us in the LGBT and non-LGBT community are calling for more affordable housing at 55 Laguna. We are not opposed to housing at 55 Laguna. We are certainly not opposed to LGBT senior housing. We would like to see more affordable units at a lower AMI level. That means units for people who are earning minimum wage, as well as people on SSI and other fixed incomes. Also people with AIDS who don't earn anywhere near $38,000 a year. We want a DIVERSE community at 55 Laguna and that means people of various income levels. A vital component of diversity is inclusion of people of all income levels. The city must not let public land be used for housing that will not be income inclusive, and that will not meet SF's greatest need: Affordable housing and as much of it as we can get. We can do better than what's being proposed right now at 55 Laguna. We must do better. Join us in calling for more affordable housing at 55 Laguna! Monday, January 7, 5:30pm, outside of the LGBT Center, Market and Octavia. Thank you. |
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