{"id":417292,"date":"2026-07-30T00:17:11","date_gmt":"2026-07-30T00:17:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/417292\/"},"modified":"2026-07-30T00:17:11","modified_gmt":"2026-07-30T00:17:11","slug":"san-francisco-opens-affordable-housing-at-site-of-former-haight-street-mcdonalds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/417292\/","title":{"rendered":"San Francisco Opens Affordable Housing at Site of Former Haight Street McDonald\u2019s"},"content":{"rendered":"

Residents and officials celebrated the grand opening of 730 Stanyan St., nine years and four mayors after the project began.\n<\/p>\n

Jul 29, 2026<\/p>\n

Updated 4:42 pm PT<\/p>\n

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Gulnaz Gaparov (left) and her mother Tony Gaparov, residents at 730 Stanyan, put bersagh, a traditional Kurdish pastry, into bags in their apartment to share at the grand opening of the new affordable housing development in the Haight-Ashbury neighborhood of San Francisco on July 28, 2026.\u00a0(Nina Glick\/KQED)<\/p>\n

For Mona Hamilton, the opening of the affordable housing development at the edge of San Francisco\u2019s Haight-Ashbury neighborhood was a full-circle moment.\u00a0<\/p>\n

She used to sleep there, back when it was a McDonald\u2019s. Now, it\u2019s her new home.<\/p>\n

\u2018It took a long time for me to get to a place like this,\u201d she said Tuesday, speaking outside of the building. \u201cThirty years ago, I was out on the streets using, abusing myself, bouncing in and out of different hotels, trying to survive.\u201d<\/p>\n

Hamilton said she was surprised when she learned she won the lottery to live there.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve been struggling all my life to find me a permanent home. I have one now, and I\u2019m truly, truly blessed.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"\"Mona Hamilton, a resident at 730 Stanyan, speaks at a press conference announcing the opening of the new affordable housing development in the Haight-Ashbury neighborhood of San Francisco on July 28, 2026.<\/p>\n

This week, 730 Stanyan St. celebrated its official grand opening, nine years \u2014 and four mayors \u2014 after the project began. All 160 units at the mixed-use complex are affordable \u2014 some studios in the building are priced at around $600 a month, and some three bedrooms for around $2,300. Of those units, 5% are reserved for families and transitional-aged youth who have experienced homelessness. The development was an accomplishment in a city where affordable housing is notoriously challenging to build<\/a>, officials said, and where families often face long wait times for access<\/a> to stable housing.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cOutreach, shelter, treatment, and services are essential, but those interventions must ultimately lead somewhere,\u201d said Mike Levine, San Francisco\u2019s executive director of Homelessness and Supportive Housing. \u201cProjects like 730 Stanyon provide that destination, a safe, stable, and affordable home where a young person can build an independent future and where a family can put down roots and where residents can remain connected to their community.\u201d<\/p>\n

The ribbon-cutting featured refreshments, snacks and speeches from Mayor\u00a0 Daniel Lurie and former Mayor London Breed. The building was a joint effort between two San Francisco-based affordable housing advocacy groups, the Tenderloin Neighborhood Development Corporation and the Chinatown Community Development Center.<\/p>\n

\"\"Gulnaz Gaparov (left) and her son Alihan Gaparov, 8, pose for a photo in their apartment at 730 Stanyan, a new affordable housing development in the Haight-Ashbury neighborhood of San Francisco, on July 28, 2026.<\/p>\n

Residents of the complex were selected via a lottery system. The Gaparovas, a Kurdish family with three generations living under one roof, were one of the lottery\u2019s winners.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Gulnaz Gaparova said she entered the city\u2019s affordable housing lottery<\/a> in 2017.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a very beautiful place. Clean. Nice views. A lot of sunshine,\u201d Gaparova said as her mother prepared bersagh, a traditional Kurdish pastry.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The family\u2019s new three-bedroom apartment has large windows showcasing views of Twin Peaks, Golden Gate Park and Zion Skate Plaza. Gaparova said it\u2019s the nicest place she\u2019s ever lived in.<\/p>\n

\"\"The courtyard at 730 Stanyan, a new affordable housing development in the Haight-Ashbury neighborhood of San Francisco, on July 28, 2026.<\/p>\n

On the same day of the apartment building\u2019s opening, ground broke on another affordable housing project on Market Street that will provide 94 homes for artists.<\/p>\n

While housing advocates speaking at the event said the project was a win, Lurie said he believes that there is more to be done to bring more housing to San Francisco.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cWe still have work to do. I\u2019m not where we want to be. We need to move faster,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Residents and officials celebrated the grand opening of 730 Stanyan St., nine years and four mayors after the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":417293,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[101,103,102,104,106,105],"class_list":["post-417292","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-francisco","tag-san-francisco","tag-san-francisco-headlines","tag-san-francisco-news","tag-sf","tag-sf-headlines","tag-sf-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/417292","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=417292"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/417292\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/417293"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=417292"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=417292"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=417292"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}