The future development of a 10-story market-rate building at 22nd and Mission, where a deadly fire occurred in 2015, has been delayed for two months. Despite community opposition, including YIMBYs and residents demanding affordable housing, commissioners expressed their inability to prioritize community desires over legal obligations. The owner, Hawk Lou, plans only 19 affordable units, the minimum required, leading community members to accuse him of profiting from tragedy. The area has a troubled history, with previous fires leading to tenant displacement and property condemnation.
"We cannot put the moral over the legal, because it'll just be overturned a week from now." - Commissioner Sean McGarry.
"If this goes through, this is just another black eye on the Mission District,"
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