Market-rate studios to replace Valencia street’s Phoenix Irish Bar
The Phoenix Irish Bar’s days might be numbered — and it is potentially being replaced with 20...
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SROs: Rooms out of View
Two Fire Victims End Months of Homelessness, But a Third Remains Unhoused
Since a five-alarm fire in June displaced Kimberly Walley and her husband, Henry Texada, from the...
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Homeless Center’s Opening Delayed Two Weeks
The city’s newest front against an infamously pervasive homelessness problem, an eight- to...
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A Room for the Night at a Mission SRO
“It looks like peace, but it’s more dangerous at night,” says Ahmed Mohammed. Mohammed works the...
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Bedbugs Suck
“Bedbugs suck” was the mantra on the steps of City Hall Thursday, where District 6 Supervisor Jane...
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Monday SRO Murder is Mission’s Fourth This Year
Oliver Carter was found dead inside his room at the Royal Hotel at the corner of Valencia and 14th Streets shortly before noon on Monday, an SFPD spokesperson said. Carter’s Death is the fourth murder inside a Mission SRO this year and the sixth in the District.
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A Violent Year for Mission SROs
Three out of the five murders in the Mission this year occurred at single-room occupancy hotels.
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311 for SROs Gets a Push
Poster will advertise 311 service for SRO tenants.
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Mission Hotel Death, Murder
Update: The man found inside his Mission Hotel room was a victim of homicide, police said.
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Women Seek Stability in SROs
Despite the problems that come with shared bathrooms and unpredictable neighbors, some women make residential hotels a home they’re unlikely to leave.
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Single Mother With Child
Part 2 of Mission Local’s Life in an SRO Series. En Español
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A Family Home In An SRO
San Francisco is a city with a serious affordable housing deficit. As more families suffer from job loss and slashed hours, many are turning to single room occupancy hotels for shelter.En Español
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