Lottery Process: Pre-Applications are collected through the City and County of San Francisco’s Mayor’s Office of Housing’s Database of Affordable Housing Listings, Information, and Applications (DAHLIA) system. All applicants who submit complete pre-applications are included in a public electronic lottery. The electronic lottery results are then filtered by any city-sponsored housing or project-specific preferences and the final results of the filtered lottery are used to fill vacant units, in lottery rank order.
Qualification Process: Income eligibility consists of Management’s review of income-related documents provided by applicant(s) and documents obtained via Management’s 3rdParty Verification. Applicants complete a packet of required forms documenting sources and amounts of current and anticipated income, provide copies of documents (paystubs, taxes, bank statements, award letters, etc.) to support the sources and amounts of current and anticipated income, and a release for Management to verify the sources and amounts of current and anticipated income. After Management’s review of documents provide by applicants and 3rdParty Verifications, a calculation test is performed to determine if the household income meets the income restrictions of the property or unit.
Waitlist Management: After applicants are processed in lottery rank order for vacant units, a remaining quantity, usually 500, will become the property’s waiting list (in lottery rank order) to fill future vacancies. Management will usually reach out to each of the applicants on the waiting list at least once per year to ensure continued interest in the property and the most up-to-date information (contact and income related) is known for selection of future vacancies.
The project will implement the following MOHCD’s Lottery Preference Programs:
- Certificate of Preference (COP)
- Displaced Tenant Housing Preference (DTHP)
- Neighborhood Resident Housing Preference (NRHP)
- Live or Work in San Francisco.
All family units will be leased through a public lottery administered by the City. Plus Housing unit applicants will be referred by MOHCD, and the LOSP-funded units for formerly homeless households will be referred by the Department of Homelessness and Supportive Housing (HSH) based on need and program fit.