A three-story building at the corner of Third Street and Fairfax in Bayview-Hunters Point will soon become the latest addition to San Francisco’s stock of temporary housing for homeless adults, a major priority for Mayor Daniel Lurie in his first year in office.
Last week, San Francisco’s Homelessness Oversight Commission approved a $3.7 million grant for a transitional housing program for young adults at 3900 Third St., a building that has seen better days: Its pale green paint has begun to chip, and a corner cafe has been boarded up for nearly seven years. The cafe’s windows, in a sign of past times, are still decorated with brightly painted sunflowers.
Inside, two floors of single-room occupancy units have sat empty for nearly a year — units that come in November will welcome 19 new residents between the ages of 18 and 27. All are either homeless or have recently been released from custody…