{"id":42934,"date":"2025-07-29T13:16:52","date_gmt":"2025-07-29T20:16:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/?p=42934"},"modified":"2025-07-29T13:16:52","modified_gmt":"2025-07-29T20:16:52","slug":"former-monster-in-the-mission-affordable-housing-site-now-faces-appeal-over-housing-the-formerly-homeless","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/2025\/07\/29\/former-monster-in-the-mission-affordable-housing-site-now-faces-appeal-over-housing-the-formerly-homeless\/","title":{"rendered":"Former \u2018Monster In the Mission\u2019 Affordable Housing Site Now Faces Appeal Over Housing the Formerly Homeless"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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28 JULY 2025\/SF NEWS<\/a>\/JOE KUKURA<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

What appeared to be a fairy tale ending for affordable housing in the Mission District may still come unraveled, with nearby residents now fighting the project because they think the new tenants might be too low-income and troubled for their tastes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You may recall the ugly, years-long battle over a proposed, upscale 16th and Mission Streets condo project that opponents gave\u00a0the unflattering nickname \u201cMonster in the Mission.\u201d<\/a>\u00a0Those opponents won in the end, after voicing objections over the massive, market-rate project, getting the developer\u00a0to sell the property<\/a>\u00a0that used to include a Walgreens by the 16th and Mission BART station, and abandon the project. The property was then\u00a0sold to the city<\/a>\u00a0for use as affordable housing, and we learned about two years ago the project would be\u00a0100% affordable housing<\/a>\u00a0to the tune of 350 new homes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Affordable housing advocates have celebrated their win by giving this project the new nickname\u00a0\u201cLa Maravilla,\u201d or \u201cMarvel in the Mission.\u201d<\/a>\u00a0Nonprofit developers Mission Housing Development Corporation and the Mission Economic Development Agency (MEDA)\u00a0proudly announced in June<\/a>\u00a0that the new La Maravilla “will serve families, seniors, and formerly homeless individuals.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Though in an ironic and unexpected turn, the spectre of \u201cformerly homeless individuals\u201d now has people fighting the project that was previously shot down because it was perceived as too high-income. The Chronicle reports that some Mission residents are appealing the affordable housing at 16th and Mission<\/a> because they fear it will bring more blight to an already very blighted corner.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cMission Street, between 14th and 16th streets, is a complete and utter disaster,\u201d the appeal\u2019s author and Mission resident Ali Gilmore told the Chronicle. \u201cThere\u2019s absolutely no enforcement of anything on that block that this building is going on.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you thought the state\u2019s new streamlined housing approvals<\/a> were supposed to prevent these kinds of appeals, you\u2019d be wrong on this one. MEDA and the Mission Housing Development Corporation have separated the project site into three parcels, which as proposed will have three separate buildings, varying between nine and 16 stories tall. But that separation into three addresses made the parcel subject to the state\u2019s Subdivision Map Act, which has a loophole allowing people to appeal projects at newly created addresses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So this one is being appealed, and for reasons that might sound awfully NIMBY. But the owner of the nearby restaurant Kitava<\/a> emphasized how that neighborhood has, well, a lot<\/em> to deal with already.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOne of the things we always see on reviews for this place is \u2018five stars, amazing food \u2014 sketchy location,\u2019\u201d that owner Neil Mitchell told the Chronicle. \u201cObviously, there are people in need and we want to help meet those needs. How can we do that while at the same time providing clean and safe streets for our businesses and residents?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The appeal will be heard at Tuesday’s SF Board of Supervisors meeting. If the appeal is successful, that could threaten the proposed subdivision into three different addresses, which would invalidate the project\u2019s current funding plan, and possibly thwart \u2014 or at least further delay \u2014 this 100% affordable housing project.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Related: <\/strong>Former \u2018Monster in the Mission,\u2019 Now to be 100% Affordable Housing, Awarded to Two Local Nonprofits [SFist]<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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