S.F promised residents permanent housing in 2022. Now they’re being moved out.

Ryan Palmer bounced around for years: He spent about a decade on the streets, then lived in two residential hotels that he had to leave under duress – first someone pulled a gun on him, and then a neighbor busted a hole through his wall with a sledgehammer.

When he landed two years ago at 835 Turk St. — the former Gotham Hotel, which was converted to permanent supportive housing under the name Vantaggio Suites — Palmer thought at last he was somewhere he could call home.

“Finally, I could breathe,” Palmer said. His new home, located between Franklin and Gough, was just a stone’s throw from Jefferson Square Park…

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