This ordinance requires the Mayor’s Office of Housing and Community Development to analyze how prioritizing veterans for affordable housing may affect different groups in the community. The goal is to ensure that this preference does not unintentionally disadvantage other populations.
Ordinance directing the Mayor’s Office of Housing and Community Development to conduct a disparate impact analysis of granting a priority for veterans who qualify for an affordable housing preference under Administrative Code, Chapter 47.
How it got here
This legislation originated from the need to analyze the impact of prioritizing veterans in affordable housing under San Francisco's Administrative Code.
Supervisor Mar introduced an ordinance directing the Mayor’s Office of Housing and Community Development (MOHCD) to conduct a disparate impact analysis regarding veterans' priority for affordable housing under Administrative Code, Chapter 47.
The proposed legislation was referred to the Mayor’s Office of Housing and Community Development for review and input.
The Land Use and Transportation Committee recommended the ordinance for passage.
MOHCD completed and submitted the required analysis of the disparate impact of granting a priority for veterans in affordable housing to the Board of Supervisors.
The Board of Supervisors finally passed the ordinance, which directs MOHCD to conduct the disparate impact analysis.
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