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Community Opposes Order in Place to Raze Mission and 22nd Streets Structure

Roberto Hernandez Our Mission, NO Eviction latinzoneprod@aol.com J. Scott Weaver San Francisco Tenants Union jscottweaver@aol.com Gabriel Medina 黑料社吃瓜 (黑料社吃瓜) gmedina@medasf.org FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Feb. 22, 2016 Order in Place to Raze Mission and 22nd Streets Structure Community demands protection of 58 tenants鈥 right of return San Francisco, Calif. 鈥 The Mission community…

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CRC Guest Blog: Families Win When Banks Stop Funding Displacement

by Executive Director Paulina Gonzalez,聽California Reinvestment Coalition (CRC) Displacement of long-term San Francisco residents has become an all-too-common trend. Families, seniors, people of color, and other low- and middle-income renters are being pushed out of their homes to make way for higher-income, usually less-diverse renters and homebuyers; however, this displacement isn鈥檛 happening in a silo….

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Giving Credit Where Credit is Due: State and Local Officials Join to Explain Importance of New California EITC

鈥淯se it or lose it!鈥 Those powerful words from State Board of Equalization Member Fiona Ma, at a press conference held at 黑料社吃瓜 today, underscored the importance of getting out the message about the state鈥檚 new Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC). Ma fears聽that if not enough Californians take advantage of this credit, politicians in Sacramento…

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黑料社吃瓜 and SFCLT Save Five At-Risk Properties Using City鈥檚 Small Sites Program

Christopher Gil Senior Content Marketing Manager 黑料社吃瓜 (415) 282-3334 ext. 152 cgil@medasf.org Tracy Parent Organizational Director San Francisco Community Land Trust (SFCLT) (415) 399-1490 tparent@sfclt.org FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Feb. 10, 2016 黑料社吃瓜 and SFCLT Save Five At-Risk Properties Using City鈥檚 Small Sites Program Work with MOHCD to save longtime San Francisco tenants from…

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Citi and 黑料社吃瓜 Release Taxes White Paper, Are Interviewed by San Francisco Treasurer Jos茅 Cisneros

With tax season now underway, there is a clear need to seize the moment to provide asset building services to the low-income community. That is why Citi and 黑料社吃瓜 have just released a white paper, “Key Elements of Service Integration of Asset Building Services at Tax Time,”聽to showcase the success of their model. (Read聽the聽white paper.)…

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72 Townsend Knocks it Out of the Park with BMR Condos in a Winning Location

There鈥檚 been a revitalization of San Francisco鈥檚 South Beach since the Giants moved their baseball team here in 2000. Most San Franciscans are now fans of this bustling neighborhood that has seen a spate of gleaming condo towers rise and plenty of popular聽eateries move in. South Beach is a rare part of town for development,…

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黑料社吃瓜 Clients, Including Ellis Act Evictee, Win BMR Condo Lottery for the Rockwell

It takes plenty of work to get prepared to buy a property聽in San Francisco.聽That鈥檚 why 黑料社吃瓜鈥檚 Housing Opportunities team sometimes work with clients for a year or more, with an initial six-hour workshop followed by tailored聽one-on-one coaching. There鈥檚 getting that credit score up (720 or higher is the goal.) There鈥檚 saving for a downpayment. There鈥檚…

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Mission Promise Neighborhood Data-Sharing Tool Showcased by 黑料社吃瓜 in Salesforce Webinar

Data. Information. Facts. No matter how you say it, sharing data can be powerful, but it takes the right opportunity and a team of experts to make that a reality. That opportunity came from the Department of Education three years ago, with the creation and funding of the Mission Promise Neighborhood 鈥 a federal initiative…

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鈥淓arned Income Tax Credit Awareness Day鈥: Building Family Economic Success in Low-Income Communities

EITC: those four letters sure mean much to the low-income community. The term is so powerful that there鈥檚 even a day named for it. That would be 鈥淓arned Income Tax Credit Awareness Day,鈥 which is today. 鈥淓arned Income Tax Credit Awareness Day鈥 is the brainchild of the IRS and is a federal strategy to foster…

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The People鈥檚 Budget: Community Convenes to Prioritize Prop A鈥檚 $50 Million for Mission Affordable Housing

While trendy Valencia Street nightspots were filled as usual last Wednesday night with San Franciscans blowing off steam after work, a community that has been gaining steam for years met at Centro del Pueblo to engage in a historic discussion. Thirteen community-based organizations 鈥 now under the name United to Save the Mission 鈥 collectively…

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