A proposed development to transform a Motel 6 in San Francisco’s Sunset district into low-income senior housing remains on hold due to financing issues. The project, which would include 199 units and a health care center, has been in the works for several years but has faced opposition from some area residents.
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The proposed development, led by the Tenderloin Neighborhood Development Corporation, would include two eight-story apartment buildings with studios, one-bedroom, and two-bedroom apartments, some of which would be set aside for formerly homeless seniors. The project would also include a health care center operated by Self-Help for the Elderly, providing nursing care, physical and occupational therapy, and mental health counseling.
The project has been on hold since changes at the federal Department of Housing and Urban Development threatened its financing, and developers lost a key state grant. However, California’s Proposition I, which would authorize the state to issue $11.25 billion in bonds to fund income-qualified housing, may provide a new financing opportunity for the project if approved by voters in November.
Original reporting: Mission Local — read the source article.
