Another fire destroys more low-cost housing in the Mission (SF) [View all]

[KamaAina]

http://48hills.org/2016/06/18/another-fire-destroys-low-cost-housing-mission/

The huge, roaring fire at 29th and Mission this afternoon was yet another conflagration in a neighborhood where big fires – and tenant displacement as a result – have become a plague....

For those 40 or more people, the fire was a disaster – not only did many lose all of their possessions, they lost something almost irreplaceable: Affordable housing in San Francisco....

If the building were merely damaged, the landlord could repair it – and the existing tenants would have the right to move back. But if the place has to be demolished – and it clearly will – then there’s no right of return, and a new residential building won’t be under rent control....

He said that he’s concerned about the rash of fires in the Mission, but argued that there’s no indication of anything nefarious going on.

Next on TLC: Real Arsonists of the Mission District.