ALERTS: Housing for Seniors - Notre Dame Senior Plaza Housing: 347 Dolores St. at 16th St. Mercy Housing has announced that it is opening the wait list as of September 1 to 8 onsite from 9am to 4pm (closed 9/6 Labor Day). 66 studios and one-bedroom units. Qualified applicants must be 62 years and older. Low income seniors qualify. Maximum income limit for one person is $37,650 and for two persons is $43,000. Up to 500 qualified applicants will be placed on the waiting list, order determined by random drawing on 10/15/10. (415) 437-0370 or TTY 800-855-2880. - Geary Blvd. Senior Housing, "The Coronet" - The Institute on Aging and BRIDGE Housing are working together to develop a new senior housing facility with support services at 3575 Geary Blvd. near Arguello.  There will be 150 independent living spaces for seniors of modest income and those with special needs. Scheduled to open in 2010. For information on applying for this senior housing, call BRIDGE Housing at 541-5003 or send a postcard with your name, address and phone # to: Geary Blvd. Senior Housing, PO Box 191550, S.F., CA 94119 or go to www.bridgehousing.com Housing (General) with upcoming due dates for applications: - Swiss American: 534 Broadway. Applications due August 13. 397-4338 - Plaza Ramona: 250/260 McAllister St. Applications due August 16. 255-0213 - SOMA Studios: 1190 Howard St.  Applications due August 16.  864-6490 - Sierra Madre Apartments: 421 Leavenworth St. Applications due August 16.  928-0121 - Klimm Apartments: 460 Ellis St.  Applications due August 16.  440-3893 - Bernal Gateway Apartments: 3101 Mission St.   May begin accepting applications Sept. or October.   437-0370 Other OPEN Wait List Housing (see SAN's Housing Database for more information on each of these): - Clayton Hotel, 657 Clay St. - Knox Hotel, 241 Sixth St. - Ambassador Hotel, 55 Mason St. - Dalt Hotel, 34 Turk St. - Mary Elizabeth Inn, 1040 Bush St. (Single Women only) - Bayanihan House, 88 Sixth St. - Crescent Cove, 420 Berry St. - The Rose Hotel, 125 Sixth St. - Junipero Serra House, 926 Fillmore St. - New Grand Apartments, 57 Taylor St. - Heritage Homes, 243 Rey St. - William Penn Hotel, 160 Eddy St.  - Hamlin Hotel, 385 Eddy St. - Bayview Apartments, 5 Commer St. - LaSalle Apartments, 30 Whitefilde Court (Bayview) - Shoreview Apartments, 35 Lilian St. (Bayview) - Northridge Co-op Homes, 10 Ardath Court (Bayview) - Cambridge Hotel, 473 Ellis St. - Senator, San Cristina, & Iroquois Hotels in Tenderloin for homeless only

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ANNOUNCEMENTS:

NEW SENIOR HOUSING:
  

- Armstrong Place Senior Housing This property is currently under construction. It will provide 116 units of affordable senior housing in the Bayview at 5600 Third St. near Armstrong, across from the Bayview Playground.  Click www.bridgehousing.com to get on the interest list for application information.  Or send a postcard to be placed on the interest list with your name, address and phone number to: Armstrong Place Senior Housing, P.O. Box 191550, SF, CA 94119To hear this information via telephone, please call 415.267.1822.

THROUGH THE MAYOR’S OFFICE OF HOUSING June, 2010   AVAILABLE AFFORDABLE RENTAL UNITS

The following restricted rental units are currently available for rent under the oversight of the Mayor’s Office of Housing. If you are interested in any of these units, please contact the person listed below directly. The San Francisco Redevelopment Agency offers a second source of Below Market Rate (BMR) housing in San Francisco.

You must gather your paystubs, bank/asset statements and tax forms from last year in order to apply for a BMR rental unit. You must apply for each new development as it comes up. (There is not a waiting list.)

Please read through the listings below for complete information on units that are currently available.  Then please review the BMR rental program in more detail on the MOH website by clicking here. Please feel free to call the MOH office at anytime with questions at 415-701-5500 but please first contact the rental manager for each new unit for an application and basic information on the units. They are your first point of contact.

NEW RENTAL UNITS

None at this time. 

RE-RENTAL UNITS

 

From Mayor's Office of Housing (MOH): New Below Market Rate  Re-rental Postings ­ 2 Postings

Noe Valley: 3930 244th Street # 7 San Francisco, CA 94114 ­ 1 one-bedrooom loft unit available to households earning no more than 80% of median income. Applications are due to the rental agent on a first-come/first-serve basis. Please review the listing by clicking below and download the application.

Hayes Valley: 280 Fell Street, San Francisco, CA, 94102 - 1 two-bedroom loft unit available to households earning no more than 100% of median income. Applications are due to the rental agent on a first-come/first-serve basis. Please review the listing by clicking below and download the application.

Please see full listings at http://www.sfgov.org/site/moh_page.asp?id=35416

Please feel free to call (415) 701-5500 with any general questions regarding MOH programs but please review the full listing for the rental unit before calling.

 

Other Below Market Rate (BMR) RENTAL UNITS THROUGH THE MAYOR'S OFFICE OF HOUSING   

Civic Center: Trinity Place Apartments. 1167 Market Street, Phase I: 12 BMR units at 60% of AMI [2 studios ($867 rent) and 10 one-bdrms ($979 rent)]

Please call the MOH office at (415) 701-5500 with any questions or visit http://www.sfgov.org/site/moh_page.asp?id=48003.

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MORE HOUSING RESOURCES:

Section 8: The San Francisco Housing Authority is no longer maintaining a property listing database.

Landlords are able to submit their listing of an available unit by using the free service offered by GoSection8.com. This service allows tenants, landlords, and the housing authority to easily access information on available units.

Caritas Management posts new housing opportunities at 1358 Valencia St. in SF every Monday in the lobby.  Every building has various age and income requirements.  Information can be obtained by going into the office directly.

Mercy Housing is posting listings on their website for various SF and Bay Area housing.  For information contact the general office at 415-355-7100.  Web address for rentals in CA: http://www.mercyhousing.org/Upload/MemberInfo/815.pdf

Tenderloin Neighborhood Development Corp. (TNDC) has a housing hotline at (415) 358-3938.

A link to shared housing: www.nationalsharedhousing.org/index.html

A link to senior housing: www.alternativesforseniors.com

For people with AIDS, the AIDS Housing Alliance provides support and resources including housing information.  They have weekly Drop-in clincs held on Mondays at noon at 350 Golden Gate Ave. @ Larkin.  415-552-3242   www.ahasf.org