November 2024 

Dear Friend of CCHO,

For four decades the Council of Community Housing Organizations -- the City’s coalition of community and faith-based affordable housing developers and housing advocates -- has been at the center of making San Francisco a national leader in affordable housing. In the aftermath of the national election, CCHO will need to dig even deeper in our work for housing security for all San Franciscans. Without question, our continued affordable housing work depends on the grassroots financial support from Friends of CCHO like you! We are reaching out to you with this end of year appeal for your continued support. Contributions of all sizes are valuable in the fight for housing justice.

Will you please make a donation today to support our continued fight to produce and preserve affordable housing in San Francisco?

Stable, affordable housing, close to work and within 30% of household income, is essential for our economy. To advance our mission, we’re rebuilding our constituency of those most impacted by housing insecurity—seniors, low-income families, BIPOC communities, renters, essential workers, and working-class homeowners. Together, we can push for policies that ensure housing security for all, addressing urgent needs from Chinatown, the Mission, and Bayview to the southern and westside neighborhoods of the Outer Mission, Ingleside, Sunset and Richmond.

This is a moment to drive community-centered solutions. Your financial support enables us to advocate, build coalitions, and create impactful programs for San Francisco’s diverse communities.

We are working toward:

• Affordable Housing Agenda for All: for a system that produces, preserves, maintains, serves the behavioral health needs, and protects tenants, while also supporting moderate- and middle-income households. 

• Progressive Funding Solutions: Advocating for progressive revenue sources, financial innovation, and partnerships with philanthropists and community investors.

• Community and leadership development to advocate for safe and complete neighborhoods with cultural workers and public art.

• Comprehensive Housing Solutions: operating subsidies for deeply affordable housing, revenue bonds for moderate income households, innovative tenant protections, collective homeownership, and strategies for preserving generational wealth.

 CCHO relies on support from members and donors like you who care about inclusive housing solutions. By donating, you help us build a more equitable San Francisco, where housing is a right, not a commodity.

In solidarity,

CCHO Staff: John Avalos and Charlie Sciammas