By Emily Landes : therealdeal – excerpt
Industrial broker says Bayshore Corridor is already overrun with facilities
San Francisco’s Department of Homeless and Supportive Housing has entered negotiations on a lease to create homeless housing at an industrial site off Bayshore that would put 60 cabins and about 20 safe parking RV spots at the 2.25-acre site of a former drywall contractor.
The city says it is meeting the needs of the community by providing additional housing in an area with the second-largest homeless population in the city But industrial owners in the neighborhood say a third supportive services site in the immediate vicinity is too much to bear — and they are looking at their legal options.
HSH proposes to lease the property at 2177 Jerrold Avenue “to help address unsheltered and vehicular homelessness in the area.” The department is in the early stages of development and still needs authorization on the project, according to HSH representative Emily Cohen, who could not yet comment on lease terms or the cost of building the tiny homes. The Board of Supervisors will need to approve the lease when it returns from summer recess in September, she added.
More than 1,100 people were experiencing homelessness in District 10, which includes the Bayshore Corridor where the site would be located, according to the 2022 Point in Time homelessness count. District 6, which includes South of Market and the Tenderloin, is the only district with more unhoused people at more than 3,800.
Shelter spill-over
The department recently issued a notification to neighbors about the proposed lease and will host an initial public meeting on Aug. 17 to discuss it further, she said. Overall, she has heard “general support from the community as people are invested in having alternative places for people living on the streets of the neighborhood to go.” …
“The city is called constantly to help resolve the problem,” he said. “They do absolutely nothing.”…(more)
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