Plaza East Apartments

San Francisco, CA

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Reported policy summary	SFHA lists Plaza East Apartments at 1300 Buchanan Street, San Francisco, CA 94115 as a public-housing site reference. Plaza East is one HOPE VI mixed-finance public-housing development, not a separate property for every street range in an older utility schedule. SFHA's March 2026 redevelopment-and-preservation notice identifies 193 units, all described there as public-housing units with Low-Income Housing Tax Credit financing. That is a development figure in a procurement notice, not an available-unit count or a new rental application. The notice names Plaza East Associates L.P. as owner and housing-authority affiliates among its general partners; it seeks a development partner, not tenant applications. SFHA's 2022 utility-allowance schedule identifies additional Plaza East residential ranges on Eddy, Larch, Turk, Willow, Laguna and Buchanan streets. The directory's 1300 Buchanan reference cannot represent every unit entrance. SFHA's public-housing page lists this as one of only two public-housing sites. It says the public-housing rent formula is the highest of 30% of adjusted monthly income, 10% of monthly income, a $25 minimum, or a property-specific flat rent; it does not quote an apartment's present rent. SFHA's waitlist page, reviewed September 29, 2026, marks Public Housing CLOSED. Its last cited intake was May 7–21, 2025, with a lottery for waitlist placement, not an offer of a unit. That page says applicants must pass a criminal-background check and lists federal exclusions including conviction for manufacturing or producing methamphetamine on federally assisted housing premises and lifetime sex-offender registration. These are not a complete property-specific conviction policy or a promise of approval. It says income at admission generally must not exceed 50% of area median income unless already receiving qualifying housing-authority assistance; its posted dollar table is explicitly labeled 2025 limits (effective April 1, 2025), not 2026 limits. The SFHA 2026 annual plan describes the two remaining HOPE VI sites as privately owned and managed, despite the program page's simplified general description that its department owns and manages public housing. Confirm the current manager, any site-specific selection rules, and future waitlist instructions rather than assuming SFHA directly leases each home. SFHA Customer Care lists (415) 715-5200 for general inquiries, not a confirmed property-leasing number. The 193-unit figure is from the March 2026 redevelopment notice, not the supplied two-site directory or a vacancy feed. This is a multi-address development: the reference address is not mapped here as every residence's entrance. No current vacancy, application opening or conviction-specific approval was verified. Sources reviewed September 29, 2026: https://sfha.org/housing-programs/public-housing; https://sfha.org/housing-programs/waitlist; https://sfha.org/files/documents/Attachment%20I_SFHA%202026%20Annual%20Plan%20clean.pdf; https://sfha.org/contact; https://sfha.org/about/news-updates/notice-development-opportunity-redevelopment-and-preservation-plaza-east-housing; https://sfha.org/files/documents/SFHA%20Utility%20Allowance%20-%20Public%20Housing.pdf.

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SFHA lists Plaza East Apartments at 1300 Buchanan Street, San Francisco, CA 94115 as a public-housing site reference. Plaza East is one HOPE VI mixed-finance public-housing development, not a separate property for every street range in an older utility schedule. SFHA's March 2026 redevelopment-and-preservation notice identifies 193 units, all described there as public-housing units with Low-Income Housing Tax Credit financing. That is a development figure in a procurement notice, not an available-unit count or a new rental application. The notice names Plaza East Associates L.P. as owner and housing-authority affiliates among its general partners; it seeks a development partner, not tenant applications. SFHA's 2022 utility-allowance schedule identifies additional Plaza East residential ranges on Eddy, Larch, Turk, Willow, Laguna and Buchanan streets. The directory's 1300 Buchanan reference cannot represent every unit entrance. SFHA's public-housing page lists this as one of only two public-housing sites. It says the public-housing rent formula is the highest of 30% of adjusted monthly income, 10% of monthly income, a $25 minimum, or a property-specific flat rent; it does not quote an apartment's present rent. SFHA's waitlist page, reviewed September 29, 2026, marks Public Housing CLOSED. Its last cited intake was May 7–21, 2025, with a lottery for waitlist placement, not an offer of a unit. That page says applicants must pass a criminal-background check and lists federal exclusions including conviction for manufacturing or producing methamphetamine on federally assisted housing premises and lifetime sex-offender registration. These are not a complete property-specific conviction policy or a promise of approval. It says income at admission generally must not exceed 50% of area median income unless already receiving qualifying housing-authority assistance; its posted dollar table is explicitly labeled 2025 limits (effective April 1, 2025), not 2026 limits. The SFHA 2026 annual plan describes the two remaining HOPE VI sites as privately owned and managed, despite the program page's simplified general description that its department owns and manages public housing. Confirm the current manager, any site-specific selection rules, and future waitlist instructions rather than assuming SFHA directly leases each home. SFHA Customer Care lists (415) 715-5200 for general inquiries, not a confirmed property-leasing number. The 193-unit figure is from the March 2026 redevelopment notice, not the supplied two-site directory or a vacancy feed. This is a multi-address development: the reference address is not mapped here as every residence's entrance. No current vacancy, application opening or conviction-specific approval was verified. Sources reviewed September 29, 2026: https://sfha.org/housing-programs/public-housing; https://sfha.org/housing-programs/waitlist; https://sfha.org/files/documents/Attachment%20I_SFHA%202026%20Annual%20Plan%20clean.pdf; https://sfha.org/contact; https://sfha.org/about/news-updates/notice-development-opportunity-redevelopment-and-preservation-plaza-east-housing; https://sfha.org/files/documents/SFHA%20Utility%20Allowance%20-%20Public%20Housing.pdf.

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