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San Francisco Mayor London Breed Declares Abigail Resort Will Reopen As Step Up Housing Web site

October 25, 2021

After serving as a shelter-in-place hotel during the COVID-19 pandemic, the Abigail Hotel will reopen as permanent accommodation

San Francisco, California – Mayor of London N. Breed and the Department of Homelessness and Supportive Housing (HSH) announced today that the city, in partnership with the Tenderloin Housing Clinic (THC), is reopening the Abigail Hotel as a Step Up Housing location. Abigail will offer 59 adult housing units successfully transitioning from Permanent Supportive Housing (PSH) to affordable housing with a more independent housing model.

“During the pandemic, San Francisco provided emergency shelters and shelter to thousands of people without shelter, and as we continue our city’s recovery we must do everything in our power to ensure that the same people have access to permanent shelter.” said Mayor Breed. “We know housing is the solution to homelessness, and the Abigail Hotel will provide permanent living space for people with a history of homelessness and access to supportive housing for those new to the streets.”

The Abigail Hotel was one of the first Shelter-In-Place (SIP) locations to open during the COVID-19 pandemic, protecting adolescents in transition (TAY). It was demobilized as a SIP location on June 30, 2021 in order to transition to its current status as a Step Up Housing location. All of the rooms at the Abigail are en-suite and the building has a spacious lobby and common room, as well as a state-of-the-art kitchen. The Tenderloin Housing Clinic will manage the site and provide case management services to the independent residents five days a week.

More information about the Tenderloin Housing Clinic can be found here: www.thclinic.org/

“It is exciting to see another of the SIP hotels continue to be part of the city’s long-term strategy to accommodate all of our residents,” said District 6 Supervisor Matt Haney. “The Abigail Hotel will provide better accommodation for those who have completed their permanent support housing and can live more independently. By providing more of these housing options for our city’s most vulnerable residents, we are creating a significant part of the framework that will help us finally get our homelessness crisis under control. “

“We are excited to convert the Abigail Hotel to improve housing,” said Shireen McSpadden, executive director of the San Francisco Department of Homelessness and Supportive Housing.

“As people start looking for accommodation, they are releasing urgently needed places in permanent support housing for vulnerable people who have needed their first home or the first home in a long time.”

“This opening marks the historic return of the Abigail Hotel to permanent housing for low-income San Franciscans,” said Randy Shaw, general manager of the Tenderloin Housing Clinic. “40 years ago, tenants fought to keep Abigail an affordable residential SRO. Thanks to Mayor Breed and HSH, their mission has now been accomplished.”

Step Up Housing, part of the city’s Homeless Response System, offers Permanent Supportive Housing (PSH) residents the opportunity to move from intensive supportive housing to a more independent life. By participating in the program, tenants make their PSH unit available to other homeless people. The city currently operates nearly 400 residential units for adults and families.

For more information on the San Francisco Homeless Response System and the Housing Ladder Program, visit: hsh.sfgov.org/services/the-homelessness-response-system/housing-ladder/

The reopening of the Abigail Hotel is part of Mayor Breed’s larger plan to tackle homelessness in San Francisco. Mayor Breed’s strategy includes her homelessness recovery plan, which will expand the city’s homeless response system and purchase or lease 1,500 new PSH units over the next two years, the largest one-off expansion in the city in 20 years.

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