With Family Homelessness Up, San Francisco Looks to Extend Short-Term Rental Subsidies ^20%

KQED - By Sydney Johnson - 6/18/2026, 11:00 AM

Anecdotal 20.1% - Negativity Bias 16.7% - Appeal to Authority 16.7%

San Francisco officials are looking to remove a 12% spending cap on short-term rental subsidies, which offer adults assistance for two years, in what they say is a bid to keep people off the streets. But the move is drawing criticism from some advocates for homelessness services in San Francisco who say the city should instead be... more