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(Added by Ord. 290-72, App. 10/10/72; amended by Ord. 243-00, File No. 001309, App. 10/27/2000; repealed by Ord. 163-13, File No. 130538, App. 8/2/2013, Eff. 9/1/2013)
The Mayor is hereby authorized to contract with eligible housing owners to make local rent supplement payments. The Mayor is further authorized to lease and sublet properties, including individual standard dwelling units, for utilization therein of local rent supplements and to enter into leases with the San Francisco Redevelopment Agency or City sponsored nonprofit corporations, which lease may contain a provision that the monthly rental payments not be in amounts and for a time period less than the owner's debt service obligation against that property. The Mayor may engage in these transactions in order to comply with federal or state relocation requirements, or in order to comply with any court order regarding relocation requirements, or as otherwise allowed by law.
(Added by Ord. 290-72, App. 10/10/72; amended by Ord. 243-00, File No. 001309, App. 10/27/2000)
(Amended by Ord. 303-80, App. 6/27/80; amended by Ord. 243-00, File No. 001309, App. 10/27/2000; repealed by Ord. 163-13, File No. 130538, App. 8/2/2013, Eff. 9/1/2013)
The Mayor may enter into a rent supplement contract with a qualified owner of multifamily housing projects for payment of a portion of the rent on behalf of qualified tenants. The conditions of eligibility for such a contract and its terms are specified in this Chapter.
(Added by Ord. 290-72, App. 10/10/72; amended by Ord. 243-00, File No. 001309, App. 10/27/2000)
(a) Rent supplement payments shall be available for furnished and unfurnished 0-bedroom (studio) and 1-bedroom units renting for moderate amounts in connection with multifamily projects which involve:
(1) New construction;
(2) Rehabilitation of existing structures;
(3) Existing standard dwelling units when utilized with respect to relocations of eligible tenants; and
(4) The creation of standard units in structures previously containing substandard units.
(b) The Mayor is authorized to make rent supplement payments with respect to projects in which dwelling units do not contain kitchen facilities.
(c) The Mayor is authorized to make rent supplement payments with respect to projects containing furnished dwelling units.
(d) The Mayor is authorized to make rent supplement payments with respect to dwelling units concurrently receiving federal rent supplements under the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. §§ 1437 et seq.).
(Added by Ord. 290-72, App. 10/10/72; amended by Ord. 243-00, File No. 001309, App. 10/27/2000)
To be eligible to receive rent supplement payments, the owner of the multifamily project may be a nonprofit, limited distribution, or a profit motivated entity. The project may be financed by, but not limited to, one of the following ways:
(a) By a mortgage under any section of the United States Housing Act.
(b) By federal, state or local assistance through tax exemptions or credits if the project is approved by the Mayor for receiving rent supplement payments.
(Added by Ord. 290-72, App. 10/10/72; amended by Ord. 243-00, File No. 001309, App. 10/27/2000)
(a) The benefits of the rent supplement payments are available only to an individual or a household renting a dwelling unit in a project owned by an eligible housing owner. To qualify for such benefits, the individual or household shall meet the following requirements:
(1) Have an annual income below the maximum amount established by the Mayor, which amount shall not be higher than the maximum income for low-income households as determined by HUD for the San Francisco Primary Metropolitan Statistical Area, adjusted for household size
(2) Be one of the following:
(A) An individual or household displaced by governmental action; or,
(B) An individual who is 62 years of age or over; or disabled; or,
(C) An head of a household who is or whose spouse is 62 years of age or over, or who is disabled; or,
(D) An occupant of substandard housing.
(b) For the purpose of this Section, income shall mean total annual income consistent with policies and procedures utilized by HUD in administering the federal rent supplement program in San Francisco pursuant to Section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (or pursuant to any successor program). Total annual income shall mean total gross income, before taxes and other deductions, received by all members of the tenant's household. In determining gross income, there shall be included all wages, social security payments, retirement benefits, military and veteran's disability payments, unemployment benefits, welfare benefits, interest and dividend payments, and such other income items defined as total annual income by HUD for its rent supplement program (see, Title 24 Code of Federal Regulations, Sections 5601 et seq.).
(c) In computing household income for the purpose of this Section, the following shall be observed:
(1) Any earnings of a household member less than 18 years of age shall be excluded in computing the household income.
(2) The Mayor may allow special deductions from total gross income to take into account expenses incurred as a result of disability or continuing illness, the cost of necessary child care while a wage earner of the household is at work, and such other deductions as he or she considers appropriate.
(d) For the purpose of this Section, first priority for occupancy in a rent supplemented unit shall be granted to qualified displaces from the Yerba Buena Center Redevelopment Project, provided they make timely application.
(Added by Ord. 290-72, App. 10/10/72; amended by Ord. 243-00, File No. 001309, App. 10/27/2000; Ord. 90-09, File No. 090421, App. 6/10/2009)
Upon request of a housing owner, the Mayor will review for eligibility the application by a prospective tenant for rent supplement payments. If the application meets the requirements of this chapter, the Mayor shall issue a certificate of eligibility. The certificate shall state the amount of rent supplement to be paid monthly by the City to the housing owner on behalf of the qualified tenant. The payment shown in the certificate shall not, regardless of the tenant's household income, exceed 70 percent of the approved rent for the unit. No certificate of eligibility shall be issued where the amount of rent supplement payment would be less than 10 percent of such approved rent.
(Added by Ord. 290-72, App. 10/10/72; amended by Ord. 243-00, File No. 001309, App. 10/27/2000)
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