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SEC. 206. THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND EDUCATOR HOUSING PROGRAMS. This section shall be known as the Affordable Housing and Educator Housing Programs, which include the HOME-SF Program, the 100 Percent Affordable Housing Bonus Program, the Analyzed State Density Bonus Program, the Individually Requested State Density Bonus Program, and the 100% Affordable Housing and Educator Housing Streamlining Program. (Added by Ord. 143-16 , File No. 160687, App. 7/29/2016, Eff. 8/28/2016; amended by Ord. 116-17, File No. 150969, App. 6/13/2017, Eff. 7/13/2017; Proposition E, 11/5/2019, Eff. 12/20/2019) (Former Sec. 206 amended by Ord. 443-78, App. 10/6/78; Ord. 115-90, App. 4/6/90; Ord. 298-08, File No. 081153, App. 12/19/2008; redesignated as Sec. 209 and amended by Ord. 22-15, File No. 141253, App. 2/20/2015, Eff. 3/22/2015) AMENDMENT HISTORY Section heading and section amended; Ord. 116-17, Eff. 7/13/2017. Section heading and section amended; Proposition E, Eff. 12/20/2019. SEC. 206.1. PURPOSE AND FINDINGS. (a) The purpose of the Affordable Housing Bonus Programs is to facilitate the development and construction of affordable housing in San Francisco. Affordable housing is of paramount statewide concern, and the Legislature has declared that local and state governments have a responsibility to use the powers vested in them to facilitate the improvement and development of housing to make adequate provision for the housing needs of all economic segments of the community, especially families. The Legislature has found that local governments must encourage the development of a variety of types of housing for all income levels, including multifamily rental housing and assist in the development of adequate housing to meet the needs of low- and moderate-income households. (b) Affordable housing is an especially para- mount concern in San Francisco. San Francisco has one of the highest housing costs in the nation, but San Francisco’s economy and culture rely on a diverse workforce at all income levels. It is the policy of the City to enable these workers to afford housing in San Francisco and ensure that they pay a reasonably proportionate share of their incomes to live in adequate housing and to not have to commute ever-increasing distances to their jobs. The Association of Bay Area Governments determined that San Francisco’s share of the Regional Housing Need for January 2015 to June 2022 was the provision of 28,870 new housing units, with 6,234 (or 21.6%) as very low, 4,639 (or 16.1%) as low, and 5,460 (or 18.9%) as moderate income units. (c) The Board of Supervisors, and the voters in San Francisco, have long recognized the need for the production of affordable housing. The voters, in some cases, and the Board in others, have adopted measures to address this need, such as the mandatory Inclusionary Affordable Housing Ordinance in Planning Code Section 415; the San Francisco Housing Trust Fund, adopted in 2012, which established a fund to create, support and rehabilitate affordable housing, and set aside $20 million in its first year, with increasing allocations to reach $50 million a year for affordable housing; the adoption of Proposition K in November 2014, which established as City policy that the City, by 2020, will help construct or rehabilitate at least 30,000 homes, with more than 50% of the housing affordable for middle-income households, and at least 33% as affordable for low- and moderate income households; and the multiple programs that rely on Federal, State and local funding sources as identified in the Mayor’s Office of Housing and Community Development Compr