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DAH Housing Sites

DAH housing takes many forms including:

Master leased single room occupancy (SRO) hotels. Master leasing allows SFDPH-HUH to engage in long-term leases with building owners who retain responsibility only for large capital improvements after lease-signing; building owners often renovate residential and common areas prior to lease signing as well. Master leasing has allowed SFDPH-HUH to bring large numbers of housing units online rapidly.

Units in new capital developments. An increasing number of DAH units fit this model. Most new capital units take the form of private apartments that afford tenants access to private bathrooms and cooking facilities.

Set-aside DAH units in larger residential buildings owned by nonprofit providers. These units may be in renovated single room occupancy (SRO) buildings or newly developed sites in which the units include private bathrooms and cooking facilities.

Units in a licensed residential care facility. Only one DAH site fits into this category, and tenants share rooms at this facility.

Regardless of the setting, most tenants live independently in their own units, though they have access to on-site support services, property management, and 24-hour desk clerks if needed.

 

Opening Date

Building Name

Total Building Units

Total DAH Units

DAH Population

1999

Pacific Bay Inn

75

75

Homeless w/special needs

1999

Windsor

91

91

Homeless w/special needs

2000

LeNain

86

86

Homeless Seniors (55+) w/special needs

2001

Broderick Street Residential Care Facility

33

33

Homeless patients leaving institutions with mental health and/or physical health needs that require a licensed facility

2003

Star

54

54

Homeless w/special needs

2003

Camelot

55

55

Homeless w/special needs

2004

Civic Center Residence

204

60

Homeless Seniors (55+)

2004

West

104

40

Homeless Seniors (55+)

2004

Empress

89

89

Chronically Homeless* w/special needs

2005

Folsom/Dore

98

20

Chronically Homeless* w/special needs

2005

Plaza

106

106

Homeless w/special needs

2006

Mission Creek Senior Community

139

51

Frail homeless Seniors (62+)

2006

Arlington Residence

150

24

Homeless Chronic Alcoholics*

2006

Bayanihan House

152

10

Homeless Chronic Alcoholics*

2006

Eddy Street Apartments

25

11

Homeless Chronic Alcoholics*

2006

Hotel Isabel

72

4

Homeless Chronic Alcoholics*

2006

Knox Hotel

140

15

Homeless Chronic Alcoholics*

2006

William Penn Hotel

94

10

Homeless Chronic Alcoholics*

2007

Dalt and Ritz ^

265

21

Homeless Prop. 63 clients

2008

Cambridge

59

5

Homeless Prop. 63 Seniors

2008

Parkview Terrace Apartments

101

20

Chronically Homeless* seniors 55+ y.o.

2008

990 Polk Street

110

50

Homeless seniors (aged 55+); 10 are Prop. 63 clients

2009

Mosaica

151

11

Homeless seniors (aged 62+)

TOTALS

 

2453

941

 

* “Chronically homeless” as defined by HUD. This definition may vary slightly depending on the DAH program / site. Please contact SFDPH-HUH for more information.
^ The allocation of contracted units between the two buildings is not defined. The Ritz has 88 total building units—the Dalt has 177.