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Chinatown Community Development Center

Chinatown Community Development Center. Chinatown’s Affordable Housing Stock. San Francisco’s Chinatown. San Francisco’s Chinatown. Chinatown – Our Assets and Liabilities. San Francisco’s Chinatown. San Francisco’s Chinatown. Demographics. 15,000 - 18,000 Residents 61,000 per square mile

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Chinatown Community Development Center

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  1. Chinatown Community Development Center Chinatown’s Affordable Housing Stock

  2. San Francisco’s Chinatown San Francisco’s Chinatown Chinatown – Our Assets and Liabilities

  3. San Francisco’s Chinatown San Francisco’s Chinatown Demographics • 15,000 - 18,000 Residents • 61,000 per square mile • 80% residents are Low-Income • Seniors and working families • 70% walk or bus to work • 80% do not own cars

  4. Cultural Capital

  5. Community Serving Retail and Jobs

  6. Social Service Hub Donaldina Cameron House Youth and Family Support Services

  7. Core Chinatown – SRO’s

  8. Core Chinatown – Ping Yuen Ping Yuen Public Housing – Country’s First Rent Strike

  9. “Outer” Chinatown – Small Sites 2000 都板街1355號住客受到艾利斯逼遷. Tenants at 1355 Grant Avenue faced Ellis Act eviction.

  10. De Facto Affordable Housing Stock • Rent Controlled • Long Term Renters • Long Term Owners • But . . . .

  11. Aging / Dilapidating Housing Stock • Deteriorating habitability conditions • Overcrowding • Not disability accessible • BUT safe “bones” due to city seismic safety program

  12. Displacement via Gentrification • SF zip code at highest risk of gentrification • Displacement of 1,000 low-income tenant households over past 10 years • Driven by conversion of rental units into condos/TIC’s

  13. “We are at the end of a 60 year cycle in land use planning. White flight is at an end. Reverse white flight back into urban areas has already begun . . . . .” -- Carl Anthony, Professor and Land Use Activist San Francisco’s Chinatown San Francisco’s Chinatown “Sustainable Communities” . . . .

  14. Chinatown infrastructure inadequate for growth . . . . Looking toward the Future

  15. What do we do now?

  16. Rehab vs. New Construction

  17. Chinatown Plan - 1986 • Anti-Demolition • 4 Story Height Limit • Restrictive Floor Area Ratio • Should we rezone??

  18. Demolition • Which means displacement • Which means relocation • Which means nobody moves back . . . . • Carbon Footprint • SIGNIFICANT Upzoning and Rebuilding Means

  19. Mixed Income and Mixed Use Projects • Replace affordable 1 for 1 and add market rate • Market Rate will Subsidize “Affordable” • Increased Density . . . . Upzoning and Rebuilding Means

  20. Higher Construction Costs • Inclusionary at 120% AMI • Fundamental shift in neighborhood composition Upzoning and Rebuilding Means

  21. Rehab and Preserve • Rehab and preserve • Ensures retention of “community assets” • People focused • Sustainable / lower carbon footprint • No mismatch between density and infrastructure

  22. Acquisition / Rehab • Target small sites • Land banking • Scattered site • Resident participation in management • Policy Advocacy • Partnerships with tenant advocates

  23. Technical Assistance Programs • Rehab TA Program • Property and asset management TA programs • Family association and property owner outreach program • Policy Advocacy

  24. What about new construction projects? • What to do about Ping Yuen? What haven’t we covered

  25. Contact Information Malcolm Yeung Public Policy Manager Chinatown Community Development Center 1525 Grant Avenue San Francisco, California 94133 (v) 415.984.2749 (e) myeung@chinatowncdc.org http://www.chinatowncdc.org

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