COVID-19 highlighted the promise of HOPE SF’s resident-driven approach. Residents engaged in a community-driven response to COVID-19 in collaboration with non-profit agencies and city partners to deliver a range of short- and long-term emergency responses to COVID-19. “It’s a big wraparound of love,” said Larry Jones, a resident of Sunnydale. Residents partnered with providers to distribute food, supplies, PPE, COVID testing, and most recently, vaccinations, making sure that trust was established and resident voices were at the center of planning and decision making. HOPE SF’s relatively low rate of COVID cases defied national statistics and is, without a doubt, a result of community keeping community safe!
Grand opening of Casala: 55 new affordable homes in Sunnydale
San Francisco passes Right to Return legislation which provides a housing preference to current AND former HOPE SF public housing residents—wherever they might currently live—so they benefit from rebuilt, subsidized units in their original neighborhoods in San Francisco. This policy and other key tenets of the HOPE SF program are centered on reversing the impacts of decades of disinvestment and neglect.
HOPE SF Small Grants Program launches to be more responsive and accessible to the community. Grants will go directly to resident-led groups to support resident-driven ideas.
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