As a Supervisor and in the State Assembly, Leland Yee has strongly supported
efforts to encourage the development of affordable housing, offer down payment
assistance to first-time homebuyers, protect rent control, and help the homeless.
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| Strongly supports rent control. As a San Francisco
Supervisor and State Assemblyman, Leland Yee has made clear that he strongly
supports existing rent control and opposes efforts to weaken or undermine
tenant protections.
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| Supported San Francisco’s Proposition A Housing Bond.
Endorsed and campaigned for housing bond that would have helped build affordable
housing and help first-time buyers purchase homes.
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| Expanding Rent Control for Section 8 Housing. Supported
legislation to extend San Francisco’s rent control ordinance to units covered under
Section 8, thereby providing protection to a previously vulnerable population of
people.
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| Return of Security Deposits. Helped strengthen law
requiring landlords to return unused security and provide an itemized accounting
of deductions.
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| Substandard Conditions. Helped tenants force landlords
to repair substandard conditions after a housing code enforcement officer has
provided notice and prohibited eviction if conditions are not fixed.
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| Landlord Retaliation. Worked to provide additional
protections to tenants against a landlord who retaliates against a tenant for
the tenant’s exercise of his or her rights or to influence the tenant to vacate
the rental premises.
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| Affordable Housing Development Incentives. Supported
law that grants density bonuses and other incentives to a developer who agrees
to construct housing that is affordable for persons of low income.
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| Teacher Housing. Voted to expand the Extra Credit
Teacher Home Purchase Program to include classified (non-teaching) school
employees who work at low-performing schools in order to help recruit and retain
qualified school staff.
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| Removed Barriers to Low-Income Housing. Strongly
supported a law prohibits a local government from rejecting or discriminating
against a housing development because it consists of multifamily housing for
low or moderate income persons.
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| Expanding Senior Housing. To create new options for
seniors in need of affordable housing, Yee supported legislation to increase
funding for new senior housing projects.
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| Addressing Housing Shortages. Supported laws requiring
cities build affordable housing developments in communities suffering major housing
shortages, and legislation holding counties accountable for providing sufficient
affordable housing for residents
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| Down Payment Assistance. Repeatedly voted for funding
for down payment assistance for low-income first time buyers
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| Disabled Homeless Housing. Supported law that requires
the state Department of Housing and Community Development give priority in the
Multifamily Housing Program people with disabilities who are at risk of homelessness.
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| Homeless Veterans. Expanded emergency shelters for
homeless veterans.
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| Emergency Housing. Voted for $5.3 million additional
funding for the Emergency Housing Assistance Program, which makes operating
grants to local agencies for homeless shelters.
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