Faced with an influx of unhoused migrant families into San Francisco, the Department of Homelessness and Supportive Housing will soon offer between 100 and 150 households temporary stays in hotels in the next year. That will likely fall short of addressing the full need.
Migrant families have joined service providers and faith-based advocates in a push for a policy response to the mounting crisis, including increasing access to temporary housing and providing greater transparency about where families are on the waitlist for shelter. City officials discussed potential solutions at a Monday hearing of the Board of Supervisors.
Service providers have seen a recent increase in the number of unhoused migrant families seeking shelter in San Francisco, and say that the city’s temporary housing system is straining, and often failing, to receive them. Local homeless advocates are calling on City Hall to meet the need.
After hours of public comment, Redwood City councilmembers agreed to move forward with additional work on tenant protections, a move landlords opposed and some housing advocates say doesn’t go far