San Francisco Informer

SF housing director just won't go away Mayor Ed Lee bent so far over backward for embattled Housing Authority Director Henry Alvarez that he may need a chiropractor. Despite a drumbeat of public allegations of impropriety and pending lawsuits in a series of Chronicle stories, Lee declined … Read more on San Francisco Chronicle

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HUD probes SF public housing contracts Federal inspectors have launched an investigation into contracting practices at the San Francisco Housing Authority and are looking at all contracts and bids issued by the troubled agency during the tenure of its director, Henry Alvarez. A special … Read more on San Francisco Chronicle

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No quick fix for SF public housing Three bottles of Liquid Plumr, paid for at her own expense, didn't help. Neither did two months of phone calls to the San Francisco Housing Authority. Mendel Pratt's bathtub remained filled nearly to the brim with brown, murky water – and nobody seemed … Read more on San [...]

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S.F. housing agency has complex problems I am no stranger to the issues that face San Francisco public housing residents. I started my career by suing the San Francisco Housing Authority to get residents access to hot water and better living conditions. I did that because we must first serve … Read more on San [...]

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S.F. housing chief's turbulent past Henry A. Alvarez III, the embattled head of the San Francisco Housing Authority, has advanced his career for more than 20 years as a tough-minded reformer in the often dysfunctional world of public housing, leaving behind him a string of allegations of … Read more on San Francisco Chronicle

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Henry Alvarez, San Francisco's Public Housing Chief, In Racially-Fueled Scandal As the scandal surrounding San Francisco Housing Authority Director Henry Alvarez continues to grow amid a trio of lawsuits, some have called for more leadership from Mayor Ed Lee. Alvarez is being sued by two of the the Housing Authority's lawyers … Read more on [...]

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San Franciscans vote on Affordable Housing Nov. 6th San Franciscans vote on Affordable Housing Nov. 6th. by Bill Carpenter ( wcarpent [at] ccsf.edu ) Monday Nov 5th, 2012 5:14 PM. People demonstrated November 5th at Powell & Market for Propositions C & E on the San Francisco ballot the next day. Read more on Bay [...]

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Historic Women's Housing & Supportive Services Program Celebrates 98 Years … SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 18, 2012 — /PRNewswire/ — For almost one hundred years, Mary Elizabeth Inn, has provided safe housing and supportive services to women in need. Founded in 1914 by Mrs. Lizzie Snyder Glide (who also built Glide Memorial … Read more on [...]

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San Francisco lawmakers Tuesday voted to bar the conversion of rental housing to student-only units — part of a larger strategy to push universities and colleges to develop new accommodations for the tens of thousands of recruits they lure yearly. San Francisco – Bing News

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San Francisco lawmakers Tuesday voted to bar the conversion of rental housing to student-only units — part of a larger strategy to push universities and colleges to develop new accommodations for the tens of thousands of recruits they lure yearly. San Francisco – Bing News

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San Francisco Bay Area housing market improves in June The San Francisco Bay Area's housing market strengthened in June as increased sales of pricier homes helped push a key gauge of price strength to near a four-year high. The region's median home price was up 4.3% from May and 10.4% from June 2011, … Read [...]

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