MOHCD no longer provides coordinated referrals to rental subsidy providers.
Instead, individuals should now contact subsidy providers directly to request an application, ask about eligibility, and learn whether the provider is currently enrolling new clients.
Below is a list of housing subsidy providers. You are encouraged to contact each provider directly to be screened for eligibility and to apply for assistance.
For all questions, please follow up with the subsidy provider.
San Francisco AIDS Foundation
Manager: Andrew Gutierrez
Phone number: 415-487-8000
Eligibility: Must be SF resident, must have some type of income, must have at least one household member who is HIV positive. Annual income max. 50% AMI ($54,550 for 1 person).
Catholic Charities: Tiered Subsidy Program (TSP)
Program Director: Michael Williams
Phone number: 415-972-1336
Eligibility: Must be SF resident, must have at least one household member who is HIV positive, with priority being given to individuals making 30% of AMI or lower.
Catholic Charities: Second Start Program (partial rental subsidy)
$400 monthly
Program Director: Lucia Lopez
Phone number: 415-972-1235
Eligibility: The Second Start Program is a partial rent subsidy for people living with HIV, and are actively taking steps to enter the workplace for the first time or to return to the workplace.
Catholic Charities: Partial Rent Subsidy
$450 monthly
Program Director: Lucia Lopez
Phone number: 415-972-1235
The Partial Rent Subsidy Program is for people with HIV or AIDS who have been residents of the City and County of San Francisco for a minimum of one year and do not currently live in subsidized housing.
Catholic Charities: Anti-Displacement Subsidy
Senior Program Director: Jose Cartegena
Phone number: 415-972-1310
The Anti-Displacement Subsidy Program is a tenant-based subsidy initiative funded by the Mayor’s Office of Housing and Community Development (MOHCD). Its goal is to protect housing stability and prevent the displacement of communities and families by providing access to services and strengthening community-based networks that enhance service connections.
This program offers long-term subsidies, along with case management services, to households most at risk of housing instability, helping them remain in San Francisco, California. All our General Fund subsidy programs are intended to reduce the rent burden to 50% to maximize the number of residents we can help on each program.
Eligibility Criteria:
- Be a resident of the City and County of San Francisco, California,
- Must not be receiving any other citywide rental subsidy.
- Have a household income at or below 50% the Average Median Income (AMI) as set annually by HUD,
- Have a rent burden, which is the client’s rent divided by their household adjusted income or, the percentage of income that they pay towards their rent, of at least 60%
- Be at risk of displacement, which means the client is at risk of imminent homelessness within the next 90 days,
- Have an income-to-rent ratio to a maximum of 50% with the subsidy and,
- Must have at least 4 vulnerability factors*
Miss Major and Alexander L. Lee's TGIJP: Tenant Based Rental Assistance Supportive Services Program
Housing Director: Kiesha Lambino
Phone number: (415) 740-4685
The Tenant Based Rental Assistance Program provides long-term rental subsidies to ensure housing stability and prevent displacement for extremely low-income San Francisco tenants. Additionally, it provides short-term rental assistance to ensure housing stability and prevent displacement. Services include screening for long-term subsidy programs, housing stability support, case management, service connection, moving and move-in assistance (application fees, security deposit, 1st month’s rent, etc.) and basic needs assistance if needed. Payments are made directly to landlords for all types of direct financial assistance.
Eligibility Criteria
- Be a resident of the City and County of San Francisco, California
- At an income level of 50% of AMI or below
Housing Subsidies for Seniors and Adults with Disabilities
The purpose of the services is to prevent homelessness and promote housing stabilization by providing housing subsidies for older adults and adults with disabilities in unstable housing situations.
Eligibility Criteria:
- Aged 60 and older, or
- Aged 18 to 59 with a disability, and
- At an income level of 50% of AMI or below, and
- Lacking stable housing and at risk of eviction and homelessness, and
- A resident of San Francisco
Service Providers: