Mayor Lee Goes Big On Affordable Housing

Thursday, May 24, 2012 Mayor Lee Goes Big On Affordable Housing Earlier this week, San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee announced the specifics of his long-promised "Housing Trust Fund," which he plans on using to make housing more affordable in the city's breathtakingly expensive real estate market. The Mayor expects his plan to generate between $20 and $50 million a year over the next three decades. That money would go toward the development of over 9,000 units of affordable housing, down-payment assistance for first-time home buyers and the creation of a program aimed at helping homeowners avoid eviction. TAXES & ASHES WATCH: Ross Mirkarimi's Wife Speaks Out In Emotional TV Interview PHOTOS: Local Wineries Offer Creative Ways To Take Vino On The Go SF Supervisor Insists 'Ouija Board-Harvey Milk' Comment Was A Joke Endangered Historic Dive Bar Announces Plans To Move WHERE? BLOG POSTS George Heymont: Inner City Rhythms and Blues As the cast of Tenderloin brings the show's characters to life, the nervous energy that is often found outside the theatre starts to seep inside its walls. Jerry Cimino: On the Road - Delivers! In life, some things are worth waiting for. Case in point: the film adaptation of Jack Kerouac's seminal novel, On the Road. Purists will be elated, as the film honors Jack Kerouac and is true to his book. Lisa Bloom: The Most Honest Commencement Speech You'll Never Hear Young Americans, my generation has failed you. Standards have slipped, we've deprioritized education and we've hardly even noticed. And young Americans, you are suffering as a result, arriving into adulthood without the knowledge and skills you need. Terry Connelly: To Rein-in Student Loan Debt, Rein-in For-Profit Colleges For-profit colleges have been able to seize the opportunity to marry Internet classes with federal student aid to serve this degree-hungry population: the many thousands of students whose work and life schedules don't fit the "academic calendar. Douglas A. Kysar: Parlez-Vous Cap-and-Trade? California's goal is not merely to create linkages with foreign cap-and-trade systems, but also to inspire and cajole its own federal government, and indeed the world, to act.

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