San Francisco green lights affordable housing for LGBTQ+ seniors

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San Francisco green lights affordable housing for LGBTQ+ seniors

https://www.advocate.com/news/california-affordable-housing-lgbtq-seniors 🔗

Ryan Adamczeski (31 Dec 2025)

Nearly two hundred affordable housing units for LGBTQ+ seniors are now under development in San Francisco.

The city has green lit the construction of 187 studio and one-bedroom apartments at 1939 Market Street that will cater exclusively to low-income queer elders. The project recently received funding through the Affordable Housing and Sustainable Communities (AHSC) Program after years of collaboration between nonprofit groups Openhouse and Mercy Housing.

"As folks age, incomes become restricted, the cost of living rises and so the need for affordable housing becomes even greater," Dani Soto, Deputy Director of Openhouse, told ABC7.

The building will feature several open spaces and common areas to foster connection between seniors, who frequently experience isolation. It will also offer many of the services provided by Openhouse, including resources related to health care and transportation.

To qualify, households must be at 15 percent to 60 percent of the Area Median Income. Sean Wils, Senior Project Manager of Mercy Housing, said that the units are designed for those with "extremely low income, so that means that folks can be making approximately $16,000 up to $92,000 a year."

LGBTQ+ elders are two times more likely to live alone, two times more likely to not have children, and five times less likely to be married. They are also more likely to face poverty and homelessness, and to have poor physical and mental health.

[Devlyn ✅]

I'll put a buck in the pool that says we have a new article by tomorrow saying they're losing their federal funding.