(a) Income Eligibility. A Borrower’s maximum household income may not exceed 200% of the area median income for the San Francisco metropolitan area as published annually by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), adjusted for Household size.
(b) Selection Priorities. Eligible Persons who meet one of the following criteria shall have priority for a Loan under the Program.
(1) Eligible Persons holding a Certificate of Preference (COP): To qualify for this priority, the Eligible Person: (A) must hold a ‘Residential Certificate of Preference’ as defined in the Certificate of Preference (COP) Program rules and was displaced in Western Addition, South of Market (SOMA), or Bayview Hunters Point by the former San Francisco Redevelopment Agency, or (B) must be a descendant of a Household that held a ‘Residential Certificate of Preference’ as defined in the Certificate of Preference (COP) Program rules and was displaced in Western Addition, South of Market (SOMA), or Bayview Hunters Point by the former San Francisco Redevelopment Agency.
(2) Tenants enrolled in the SFHA’s Section 8 Voucher Program: To qualify for this priority, the Eligible Person must be a current or former recipient of the Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher Program of the SFHA.
(3) Families with a Right to Return (regular and expanded): To qualify for this priority, the Eligible Person must be a current or former public housing resident relocated by the SFHA due to the Rental Assistance Demonstration (RAD) program or a current or former member of HOPE SF sites, as defined in Chapter 39, Section 39.4(b) of the Administrative Code.
(A) Acceptable documentation to verify residence in public housing under this priority includes, but is not limited to, any one of the following:
(i) Letter from SFHA verifying residency;
(ii) SFHA Lease;
(iii) San Francisco City identification under Section 95.2 of the Administrative Code, or other government-issued identification, including but not limited to a driver’s license;
(iv) Telephone bill (landline only);
(v) Cable or internet bill;
(vi) Paystub (if containing home address);
(vii) Public benefits records, including but not limited to Social Security Income/State Supplementary Payment (SSI/SSP), General Assistance (GA), Unemployment Insurance, CalFresh);1
(viii) School records;
(B) All documents must list the Eligible Person’s name and a home address within Alice Griffith, Hunters View, Potrero Terrace and Annex, or Sunnydale-Velasco public housing sites.
(4) Rent burdened households: To qualify for this priority, the Eligible Person must be a member of a household paying more than 50% of the household’s income in rent.
(5) Seniors: To qualify for this priority, the Eligible Person must be a person 55 years old or older and a current or former resident of Western Addition, South of Market (SOMA) or Bayview Hunters Point. Acceptable documentation to verify current or former residence in Western Addition, SOMA or Bayview Hunters Point shall include any one of the documents listed in subsection (b)(3)(A). All documents must list the Eligible Person’s name and a home address within Western Addition, SOMA, or Bayview Hunters Point.
(c) In determining eligibility under subsections (a) and (b), HRC may require applicants to provide information and/or documentation that it deems relevant to the determination.
(d) All five selection priorities listed in subsection (b) shall be treated as equal in relation to each other. HRC shall create a system that establishes relative priorities that either treats each priority as equal and/or gives relative priority to Borrowers who meet more than one priority criteria listed in subsection (b). HRC shall publish such system in the Program Regulations.
(Added by Ord. 56-24, File No. 230864, App. 3/22/2024, Eff. 4/22/2024, Oper. 5/22/2024)
CODIFICATION NOTE
1. So in Ord. 56-24.