(三藩市市長 布里德)
親愛的讀者們:
三藩市正走在經濟復甦之路。而我們的疫苗接種率亦是全國中最高之一。商業亦已全面開放。
在整個疫情期間，我的辦公室一直優先考慮市內基層市民的需要，並為社區提供重要資源，以盡量減少疫情對他們帶來的影響。
而大家不要忘記 —— 新型冠狀病毒亦打斷了我們為市內住房危機制定的對策和計劃。與我們日常面對的許多問題一樣，住房危機亦因新冠疫情而加劇。現在，隨著經濟正在復甦，同時亦是解決這個問題的重要好時機。
我們必須建造所有收入水平的可負擔房屋，繼續尋找方法來建造和資助可負擔房屋，讓員工，家庭和社區都能留在三藩市。我們必須以公平的方式做到這一點，確保這些住房為市內的居民服務。
在三藩市西面的社區，如日落區，應用於可負擔房屋建設的資源一直不足，我們必須尋找方法來增加該社區的可負擔房屋數量。
為了生產高質素的可負擔房屋來幫助市內家庭，我們必須建造最多能容納的單位數目，以幫助解決住房危機。這目標並不容易，亦需要西面社區居民和社區組織的支持。我的團隊亦致力於與這些社區合作，在日落區和全市創建住房。
我們還必須採取更多措施讓現有居民安區在家，並為三藩市的下一代創造能負擔起的住房機會。正因如此，我們正努力在Irving 街 2550 號建造可負擔房屋。這是一項百分百可負擔房開發項目，位於高資源並需要房屋的社區內，不僅為該社區的居民提供服務，還為所有三藩市內居民提供服務。近 100 個單位內，許多將預保留給居住在第 4 區或三藩市內需要住房的家庭。給矛他們更多機會。
我在三藩市土生土長，親身目睹了一些社區在繁榮時期和經濟衰退期間被遺忘。在我們的經濟在上次金融危機復甦時，隨著越來越多員工搬到三藩市，我們亦沒有建造足夠的房屋來滿足住房需求。現在我們不能再犯同樣的錯誤。
我們立刻便需要建造更多住房來配合不同的收入水平的居民。解決住房危機尤其重要，亦可讓家庭和員工繼續安居於三藩市。
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敬安！祝願您平安健康。
三藩市市長 倫敦．布里德
布里德市長市政理念英文原文
Let’s build more affordable housing
——By Mayor London Breed
My fellow San Franciscans,
Our City is on the road to recovery. Our vaccination rates are among the highest in our nation, and our businesses are reopening once again.
Throughout the course of the pandemic my office has continued to prioritize the needs of our most vulnerable residents and provide critical resources to our communities to minimize the impacts the pandemic has brought on them.
Let’s not forget—we also had our plan to tackle the housing crisis interrupted by COVID-19. Like many of the issues we face every day, the housing crisis has only been exacerbated by the pandemic. Now, as our economy is recovering, the opportunity is in front of us to address a major challenge for the City.
We have to build housing that is affordable at all income levels, and we must continue to find a way to build and fund affordable housing units to keep workers, families and our communities in San Francisco. We must do it in an equitable way, making sure that these units are serving residents in across our city.
There is historic underinvestment in affordable housing in some of our Westside neighborhoods like the Sunset District, and we must look for ways to increase the affordable housing unit stock in the neighborhood.
In order to produce high-quality affordable homes for families, we must produce the maximum number of units needed to help tackle the housing crisis. This won’t be easy and it will require support from Westside residents and neighborhood organizations. My administration is committed to working with these communities to get housing built in the Sunset and across the City.
We also must to do more to keep current residents in their homes and create affordable housing opportunities for future generations of San Franciscans. This is precisely why we are working to build affordable housing at 2550 Irving Street, an 100% affordable housing development in a high-resource neighborhood in need of housing units that serves not only residents from the neighborhood, but also all San Franciscans. Many of the nearly 100 apartments will be reserved for families who live in District 4 or need housing in San Francisco. This will also be expanding access and opportunities for families in the Sunset and the City.
As someone who was born and raised in San Francisco, I saw firsthand how communities were left behind during the prosperous times and the down turns of our city’s economy. During our last economic recovery from the financial crisis, we did not build enough housing to catch up on the housing needs as more workers moved to San Francisco. We cannot afford to make that same mistake again.
We need to build more housing at all income levels especially affordable housing and we need to build them now. Addressing the housing crisis is critical so that these families and workers can continue to work and play in the City where they live.
Stay safe and healthy.
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Sincerely,London N. Breed
Mayor
