Major investment restores vacant units, improves building performance, and makes public housing safer and more stable SAN FRANCISCO– Today, the Breaking the Cycle Fund–a groundbreaking public-private partnership that Mayor Lurie launched last year to bring philanthropic resources alongside public investments to strengthen San Francisco’s homelessness and behavioral health response systems–announced…
How a Vietnamese War Orphan Found Her Fight in the Tenderloin
By Julia Zrihen on June 22, 2026 Note: This article was originally published by Beyond Chron. SRO Tenant Works for Tenderloin Safety Nguyen Thi Chau Ha, who now goes by Carol Huber-Prows, is a resident and community organizer at the Tenderloin Housing Clinic’s Garland Hotel. She told me how her…
How a Welder Used SRO Housing to Rebuild His Life
By Julia Zrihen on June 15, 2026 Note: This article was originally published by Beyond Chron. “A Place for People to Start” Spencer Hughes, 62-year-old resident of the Graystone Hotel, came to San Francisco in 2021 without a dime in his pocket. He figured he wouldn’t need one, as he…