§ 39.3. DEFINITIONS.

As used in this Chapter 39, the following terms shall have the following meanings:

“Agreement” means any contract with the City for the provision of Financial Assistance for a Public Housing Development Project.

“City” means the City and County of San Francisco.

“Community Redevelopment Law or CRL” means Cal. Health & Safety Code § 33000 et seq.

“Current Household(s)” means a lawful household, including each member of the household, that occupies a Public Housing Unit in an Existing Public Housing Development on the Initiation Date or a Temporary Relocation Unit. For purposes of this Chapter 39, each lawful tenant within a household of a Public Housing Unit or Temporary Relocation Unit shall be treated as a single household and shall not have rights to separate Replacement Units. Current Households do not include any Former HOPE SF Households.

“Existing Public Housing Development” means an existing development of Public Housing Units that will be demolished, disposed of, removed, and/or converted, in whole or in part, in connection with a Public Housing Development Project.

“Financial Assistance” means the provision of any federal, state, or local public funds that are administered, allocated, or committed by the City to SFHA, another public entity, private developer, and/or any agents, managers or partners of such entities in connection with a Public Housing Development Project.

“Former HOPE SF Household” means any household of a Former Public Housing Development that has permanently moved off-site from such Former Public Housing Development and is qualified by MOHCD under the eligibility requirements set forth in Section 39.4(b)(2). Former HOPE SF Households do not include any Current Household.

“Former Public Housing Development” means Public Housing Units that have been demolished, disposed of, removed, and/or converted, in whole or in part, in connection with a Revitalized Housing Development.

“Initiation Date” is the date of the first notice of eligibility for relocation benefits in connection with a Public Housing Development Project.

“Member of a Current Household” means any member or former member of a Current Household who is not the head of the household or individually entitled to a Replacement Unit as of the Initiation Date.

“MOHCD” means the Mayor’s Office of Housing and Community Development.

“New Development” means a residential and/or mixed use development that is developed under federal regulations to replace an Existing Public Housing Development in connection with a Public Housing Development Project or Revitalized Housing Development.

“Off-Site Replacement Unit” means a Replacement Unit subject to a housing assistance payment contract with SFHA and constructed off-site from a Revitalized Housing Development.

“Public Housing Development Project” means a development or redevelopment project that:

(1) involves the demolition, disposition, removal, revitalization, rehabilitation, and/or conversion, in whole or in part, of an Existing Public Housing Development;

(2) involves the relocation of Current Household(s) in connection therewith; and

(3) as a result of such activities, is required to comply with the Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisitions Policies Act, 42 U.S.C. § 4601 et seq. and the implementing regulations issued by the Department of Transportation at 49 CFR part 24.

“Public Housing Unit” means a public housing dwelling unit as defined in the United States Housing Act of 1937, as amended (42 U.S.C. § 1437) and any regulations adopted in connection therewith, and that is owned and operated by SFHA in the City.

“Relocation Assistance Laws” means any and all federal, state, and local relocation assistance laws that may be applicable to a Public Housing Development Project, including but not limited to, the California Relocation Assistance Law, Cal. Govt. Code § 7260 et seq.; Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisitions Policies Act, 42 U.S.C. § 4601 et seq.; the Housing and Community Development Act, 42 U.S.C. § 5301 et seq.; the United States Housing Act, 42 U.S.C. § 1437 and all regulations, guidelines, and/or HUD Handbooks adopted in connection with each; and this Chapter 39.

“Rent Board” means the San Francisco Residential Rent Stabilization and Arbitration Board.

“Replacement Housing Laws” means any and all federal, state, and local replacement housing laws that may be applicable to a Public Housing Development Project, including but not limited to, the Community Redevelopment Law, Cal. Health & Safety Code § 33000 et seq.; the Housing and Community Development Act, 42 U.S.C. § 5301 et seq.; and all regulations, guidelines, and/or HUD Handbooks or Notices adopted in connection with each; and this Chapter.

“Replacement Unit(s)” means a comparable Public Housing Unit or other comparable residential unit that is developed under federal regulations stated in 24 CFR Part 941, 24 CFR 970, or 24 CFR 972 to replace a Public Housing Unit that is demolished, disposed of, removed, revitalized, rehabilitated, or converted as a result of a Public Housing Development Project.

“Revitalized Housing Development” means a development that transforms the site of an Existing Public Housing Development Project within the Hunters View, Alice Griffith, Sunnydale, or Potrero HOPE SF communities into a new mixed-income community which at completion includes replacement of units at such Existing Public Housing Development Project, additional Tax Credit Units, and, where applicable, market-rate units.

“SFHA” means the San Francisco Housing Authority, a public body, corporate and politic, organized and existing under the California Housing Authorities Law (Cal. Health & Saf. Code § 34200 et seq.).

“Tax Credit Unit” means an affordable rental housing unit financed with federal low income housing tax credits, in whole or in part, as part of a Revitalized Housing Development.

“Temporary Relocation Unit” means a rental unit for the purpose of temporarily housing a Current Household as necessary during any phase of a Revitalized Housing Development, including, but not limited to, (1) a Public Housing Unit in like new condition that is less than five years old, (2) a Public Housing Unit refurbished to like new condition, or (3) other rental unit under a housing assistance payment contract with SFHA authorized under Section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937, as amended.

(Added by Ord. , File No. 120812, App. 11/7/2012, Eff. 12/7/2012; amended by Ord. , File No. 191000, App. 12/20/2019, Eff. 1/20/2020)

(Former Sec. 39.3 added by Ord. 401-96, App. 10/21/96; amended by Ord. 274-97, App. 7/3/97; repealed by Ord. 171-03, File No. 030422, App. 7/3/2003)