POLITICSMISSION LOCAL SF
There are dozens of empty rooms near 16th and Mission. Why can’t the city use them to house people?
The article highlights that despite city efforts over a year to address homelessness at the 16th Street BART plaza, many rooms remained empty in SROs near 16th and Mission. It poses a question regarding why the city is unable to utilize these dozens of available empty rooms for housing people.
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