New reasonably priced housing authorised for South San Francisco | Native Information

A new apartment building with 36 units is planned in South San Francisco, with rents affordable for low-income residents and 18 units reserved for people with developmental disabilities.

Mark Nagales

The building replaces a public parking lot and a single-family house at Badener Allee 428 and 432, near the city center.

“This is just a win-win for South San Francisco and for our residents,” said Vice Mayor Mark Nagales, indicating the city’s intention to build more affordable housing.

The city on Wednesday approved a $ 4.05 million loan to developer For the Future Housing to purchase the two lots and build the building. The building was originally planned in such a way that only 10% of the units should be affordable and should be built by the developer Baden Developments, who already owns the single-family house and bought the parking lot.

Support services for the facilities for people with disabilities are provided through the non-profit Housing Choices Coalition.

Jan Stokley

South San Francisco is home to 1,300 people with developmental disabilities, the largest population of people with developmental disabilities in any city in the county, said Jan Stokley, the coalition’s executive director. This project, she said, would be the first of its kind to meet the housing needs of this population.

“The lack of affordable housing makes it difficult for families of children with developmental disabilities to move to independent lives while the families are still there and able to help,” said Sean Strebel, board member of the Housing Choices Coalition. “It is such a need and should be a priority in our community to prioritize these types of projects.”

Several parishioners spoke out on Wednesday evening for the plans for the development, which were unanimously approved by the city council.