RFP for Municipal Housing Agency Study

Originally Posted: Febraury 9, 2024
Updated: December 3, 2025

The San Francisco Local Agency Formation Commission (LAFCo) seeks proposals to conduct a study to determine the viability and recommended structure of a Municipal Housing agency pilot.

For the purposes of this study, “Municipal Housing” is housing owned and operated by the City that is permanently affordable and serves all income qualified households with a maximum average of not more than 80% of median income across all units in a project.

The study will have two primary goals: first, define and outline a structure for a pilot phase of a Municipal Housing enterprise agency to create and manage cross-subsidy, mixed income, City-owned housing. This study will include the number of full-time equivalent positions per subdivision and the total departmental cost estimate. Second, provide recommendations on centering tenant perspectives in execution and structure of department, especially low-income tenants.

The outcomes of this study, and the final deliverable, will be a report used to inform budget recommendations for implementation of November 2020’s Proposition K, which authorized the City to own, develop, construct, acquire or rehabilitate up to 10,000 units of low-income rental housing and potentially inform the actions of the Housing Stability Fund Oversight Board.

Additional deliverables include, convening and staffing a working group of local housing experts with the goal of soliciting feedback and input for the final report.

About LAFCo

San Francisco LAFCo is an independent public agency separate and apart from the government of the City and County of San Francisco. State law gives LAFCos broad authority to conduct studies of existing government services, and this has been the primary function of the SF LAFCo, including studies on electricity services, refuse, undergrounding of utility wiring, and municipal financial services. As part of its special studies authority, the LAFCo is studying municipal housing services.

Schedule

  • November 10, 2025: RFP Issued                         
  • November 28, 2025 at 5PM: Deadline for Questions        
  • January 5, 2026 at 5PM: Deadline for Proposals

RFP Documents

 

Contact

Proposers are specifically directed NOT to contact any employees or officials at LAFCo other than those specifically designated in this RFP and its Attachments. Prospective proposers who would like to notified of any changes or addenda to this RFP can be added to a notification list by emailing khalid.samarrae@sfgov.org. Proposals and questions must be emailed to khalid.samarrae@sfgov.org.

 

 

Archived Documents from RFP #LAF2024-02

Archived Documents from RFP #LAF2024-01