Port releases MOU on affordable housing site

OFFICIAL BCNA NEWS

The Port of San Francisco has released an anxiously-awaited Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) concerning the plan to develop affordable housing in the middle of the Barbary Coast neighborhood at Broadway and Front Street.

The leadership of the Barbary Coast Neighborhood Association has been actively presenting neighborhood concerns over several aspects of the proposed development.

The MOU Document can be read in its entirety here.

For more information about the proposed affordable housing, read a previous article here.

BCNA working to satisfy community with proposed affordable housing project

OFFICIAL BCNA NEWS

Although almost everyone in San Francisco thinks The City needs more affordable housing, when it comes to getting agreement on where to place those units, the devil is in the details.

The Barbary Coast Neighborhood Association (BCNA) has taken a leadership position in fleshing out the various scenarios that an affordable housing project on Seawall Lot 322 might look like.

The Port of San Francisco is proposing to develop just such a project project on a Port owned lot at Broadway and Front streets.  And like most development proposals, there is little consensus.

In November, the BCNA co-sponsored a community meeting to ensure the neighborhood was informed about the proposal.  Continue Reading