Courtesy of Britannica
Shirley Chisholm Village is officially open in San Francisco’s Outer Sunset neighborhood, following a ribbon-cutting ceremony that celebrated the completion of a groundbreaking housing development aimed exclusively at educators. The project — the first of its kind in the city — delivers 100% affordable units for teachers and school staff, with a mission to make living in San Francisco attainable for those who educate its children.
Located at 1360 43rd Avenue, the development is the first fully affordable housing complex built in the Outer Sunset in over a decade. The site, once used as a storage facility by the school district, was transformed through a partnership between MidPen Housing and the Mayor’s Office of Housing and Community Development. After years of planning and overcoming funding and zoning challenges, the result is a housing community designed to support educators who are too often priced out of the city they serve…