Mayor London Breed and Supervisor Joel Engardio have joined housing developers to celebrate the groundbreaking of an affordable housing development in San Francisco’s Sunset neighborhood.
Construction of a seven-story building with 90 residential units is underway at 2550 Irving St. It is expected to be completed in late 2025 with a lease-up beginning in summer 2025.
The Tenderloin Neighborhood Development Corporation has been working with the Mayor’s Office of Housing and Community Development to move the project ahead in a district with a significant lack of affordable housing. The Tenderloin group is a nonprofit that provides affordable housing throughout San Francisco, with 45 buildings in the city.
The site on Irving Street is only the second affordable housing project in District 4 to break ground in the last decade, according to the April 2023 San Francisco Housing Balance Report. The first 100% affordable housing development is located nearby at 1360 43rd Ave., between Irving and Judah Streets, opening in fall 2024 with 135 units.
The development is part of Breed’s “housing for all” strategy to accelerate the approval process of housing production and the city’s Housing Element 2022 update, aimed at meeting the housing needs of its residents by focusing on racial and social equity. Local governments in California are mandated to maintain their region’s housing development plans to adequately fulfill the housing needs of their communities and provide an update to their plan every eight years under the state’s Housing Element Law.
Breed is hoping that these new affordable units will allow families who have lived in the Sunset for several generations to be able to stay amid rising living costs.
Especially on the west side of San Francisco, there are many families whose kids are now leaving the city once they become adults and raising their kids elsewhere, creating a disconnect between generations, Breed said.
“San Francisco could be a place where we can see many intergenerational families if only we were to build housing in a very responsible way throughout our entire city,” Breed said on Wednesday. “This is an example of getting the job done.”
The Irving Street development will give priority to families that live in the Sunset neighborhood and essential workers who have jobs in fields such as health care, education, childcare, construction, retail and nonprofit services. It will be reserved for households that make between $28,000 and $106,550 each year.
In the development, 22 units will be designated for families who have experienced homelessness and 15 for unhoused veterans.
“The community under construction at 2550 Irving St. is a monumental step toward providing essential affordable housing for working families throughout San Francisco,” said Katie Lamont, chief operating officer and interim co-CEO at TNDC. “Located near Golden Gate Park, excellent schools and the vibrant hum of Irving Street, these apartment homes will offer an ideal environment for families to thrive.”
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