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Advocacy is a crucial part of the work we do here at Habitat for Humanity Greater San Francisco. We sponsor and support legislation in Sacramento to remove barriers to affordable homebuilding and to promote access to affordable homeownership opportunities for working families.
Our voice is also heard in city halls across our region as we back sensible changes to give local officials more flexibility to build homes in their communities.
Across the country – and throughout the Bay Area – we are coming together to fight the effects of the coronavirus pandemic and work to mitigate its enormous economic impact. At Habitat for Humanity Greater San Francisco we are all too aware of the precarious housing situation faced by many of our region’s working families. It is inevitable, without drastic action, that this position will rapidly worsen and that many will face the irrecoverable consequences of eviction, repossession, and displacement.
We are working with federal, state and local authorities to address this threat.
Learn more about our housing advocacy on this page and see how we promote affordable homebuilding and champion affordable homeownership in San Francisco, San Mateo, and Marin.
The California Environmental Quality Act (or CEQA) was originally intended to protect our state’s incredible natural beauty. New legislation introduced at the state capitol this session aims to limit the unjustified use of such environmental laws to stop affordable homebuilding.
The bipartisan bill — AB2445 — would give California judges the flexibility to require litigants to post a bond in an amount reflecting the risk to the affordable housing project being challenged.
“AB2445 could level the playing field and help ensure only serious threats to our environment are brought forward and would likely deter and discourage the most frivolous lawsuits.”
MAUREEN SEDONAEN, CEO, HABITAT GREATER SAN FRANCISCO
Habitat collegues from across the nation joined together for an affordable home building and home ownership Washington D.C. lobbying blitz.
Read more about major housing bills as state legislature enters pivotal early summer period.
Habitat is asking residents to vote to end unfair restrictions on housing.
We urged the Judicial Council to revise legal rules that stop new construction during COVID-19.
A project with hundreds of affordable homes has been approved in San Francisco.
Anthony is Senior Director of Communications and Public Affairs for Habitat for Humanity Greater San Francisco. He brings two decades of public relations and government affairs experience gained across sectors both in-house and agency-side (Ogilvy PR New York, Porter Novelli PR Brussels). He has worked throughout Europe and the United States for a range of leading commercial and nonprofit organizations. He holds an MA in Politics from the University of Aberdeen, Scotland and an MBA from Henley Business School, England.
