This Chapter provides for the administration and financing of a Rehabilitation Assistance Program (RAP) in the City and County of San Francisco. The provisions of this Chapter constitute the City and County's comprehensive residential rehabilitation financing program adopted pursuant to the Marks-Foran Residential Rehabilitation Act of 1973, Section 37910, et seq., of the Health and Safety Code and under Charter Section 7.308.
The purpose of RAP is to improve the condition of housing and the quality of life in San Francisco by providing a means through which property owners in designated residential areas in San Francisco which are deteriorating may obtain financial assistance to rehabilitate their property. It shall be the policy of RAP to maintain the existing diversity of San Francisco's neighborhoods; to encourage the existence of low and moderate income housing; and to preserve the residential character of designated areas. The methods to be used consist of concentrated code enforcement; relocation assistance; low-cost, long-term loans for property rehabilitation, and public improvements necessary to ensure the successful rehabilitation of the area. It shall be the policy of the City and County to provide adequate funding for these purposes as funds are available.
(Amended by Ord. 116-77, App. 4/1/77)