Casa de la Mision has celebrated the grand opening in San Francisco’s Mission District neighborhood. Casa de la Mission is a five-story affordable housing development at 3001 24th Street. Now open, it has opened 44 new apartments intended to housing formerly-unhoused senior residents of the city. Each resident will be referred through the San Francisco Department of Homelessness and Supportive Housing’s Coordinated Entry system.
Mayor London Breed attended the grand opening. She marked to occasion stating that “providing safe and affordable housing, especially for our seniors and people exiting homelessness, is more critical now than ever before. As we look beyond the pandemic and to our economic recovery, investing in projects like this will help us serve our most vulnerable residents and build a more equitable city for all San Franciscans.”
3001 24th Street rooftop terrace, design by HKIT Architects and YA Studio
Mercy Housing, a Denver-based affordable housing non-profit, is responsible for the development after purchasing the property at 3001 24th Street from Mission Neighborhood Centers. The organization will also operate supportive services for residents on-site, education classes, and tenants’ resources to access community-based programs.
The 60-foot tall structure yields 28,900 square feet from the 6,715 square foot parcel, with 1,350 square feet for commercial retail and 3,090 square feet for common areas. Parking is included for ten bicycles.
3001 24th Street view along Balmy Alley, via Mercy Housing
The architecture is a collaborative effort with HKIT Architects and Y.A. Studio. Building permits estimate the construction job to have cost $14.7 million, with the full budget reaching roughly $30 million, according to Mission Neighborhood Centers.
Residents will be right along the mural-rich Balmy Alley. As well, the six-block walk from 3001 24th Street to the 24th Street Mission BART Station will see a diverse array of shops and restaurants available. The catholic St. Peter’s Parish is two blocks away.
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While there are over 5000 homeless on our streets, the mayor is celebrating a multimillion dollar building to house…. 44 people. Incompetence at its finest.
Incompetence, you say!? Well, Mr. Smarty Pants, let’s see what you could do given this is SF with expensive everything and a majority NIMBY population.
Maybe we need to start demanding progress from our elected officials instead of constantly finding reasons to excuse their failures. It’s the reason we have a mayor who is celebrating 44 new units instead of apologizing for it not being 4400 units.
Hey, let’s start by giving out 1000 tents on 24th Street. Cheap way to keep the problem “visible”. Also avoids pesky, non-progressive building and health codes. Next we can give our fav nonprofit friends a sweet contract to manage the tents as well as the drug needs of the occupants. Everybody wins. That’s progress!
44 apartments is a very limited number. Politicians should prioritize people instead of old houses in the city. Human lives comes first than old Victorian houses. Demolish old houses to make more space for vulnerable seniors.
Me parece genial esta idea, se podría desarrollar mejor, por ejemplo ese edificio de 5 pisos pero no contruir cuartos, solo ponerle casas de campaña y dejar un lugar donde puedan usar un baño y un lugar donde puedan lavar ropa, ademas de su comidaO.
Este comentario me pareció interesante.
Comencemos repartiendo 1.000 tiendas de campaña en la calle 24. Manera económica de mantener el problema “visible”.