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Affordable Senior Housing in SF -- Learn if You are Eligible & How to Apply

When?
Friday, Mar 11 11:00AM - 12:00PM PST

Where?
Online

Description
Join us to find out about two types of affordable housing in San Francisco:
  • senior housing and the 
  • SF Mayor's Office of Housing and Community Development's Below-Market-Rate (BMR) Housing Program.

Joy Ng from Bayanihan Equity Center (BEC) will cover eligibility requirements to help you determine if you can apply for SF's senior or BMR housing. She'll also explain how to find housing opportunities and the application process through SF's DAHLIA online portal. She'll also explain how a housing counselor can  help you with the application process. If you're curious if you are eligible, want to understand how the SF senior and BMR housing process works, want a reality check on chances of getting a unit, or have questions about how to get help, you won't want to miss this Zoom!

Please Note:  There is currently a lottery accepting applications for the waitlist for a senior community in SF. See below for information.

Can't make it on Friday?  Register for event & we will send out video recording to all registrants (note:  Q&A portion won't be included in the recording, so attend live event if you can to ask questions or benefit from others' questions and experiences).

Presenter:  Joy Ng is a Housing Caseworker at Bayanihan Equity Center (BEC), and has six years of experience assisting seniors and adults with disabilities with housing applications, housing interviews, evictions, advocacy for tenants rights, and other concerns. Joy was born and raised in San Francisco, speaks three languages, and studied at San Francisco State University.

Senior Housing Waitlist Lottery (deadline 3/17/22) - there is currently a senior housing lottery open on Dahlia at Presentation Senior Community at 301 Ellis St. for the waitlist for subsidized housing. If you are interested in applying and need assistance, Bayanihan Equity Center (BEC) can provide free application assistance to help you fill out and submit the applications. Link for information: https://housing.sfgov.org/listings/a0W4U00000KnOGwUAN . You can contact BEC for assistance from one of their housing counselors at  415-255-2347. 

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