karoleen feng, the director of community real estate for m-e-d-a, says buying property is part of a growing strategy to turn old and often unused buildings into affordable housing. karoleen feng/medahe mission district, we have not built affordable housing for over a decade, and at the same time, we've seen a huge displacement of families, primarily latinos. 8,000 latinos in the last two decades." in addition... organizations like m-e-d-a are taking advatange of san francisco's "small sites" program... m-e-d-a uses city subsidies to buy old buildings where tenants are on the brink of evicition... and keep their rents at affordable levels... which for most families is under one- thousand dollars a month. in the last four years, m-e- d-a has purchased 19 buildings through "small sites." by 20-20... m-e-d-a says it hopes to own at least two-thousand apartments in the mission district.karoleen feng/meda- "having affordable housing is the first step to rebuilding this as a latino hub." a lack of affordable housing is a pressing issue all over san francisco... including the sunset neighborhood -- where katy tang grew up. a district she now represents as a member of the board of supervis

karoleen feng, the director of community real estate for m-e-d-a, says buying property is part of a growing strategy to turn old and often unused buildings into affordable housing. karoleen feng/medae've seen a huge displacement of families, primarily latinos. 8,000 latinos in the last two decades." in addition... organizations like m-e-d-a are taking advatange of san francisco's "small sites" program... m-e-d-a uses city subsidies to buy old buildings where tenants are on the brink of evicition... and keep their rents at affordable levels... which for most families is under one- thousand dollars a month. in the last four years, m-e- d-a has purchased 19 buildings through "small sites." by 20-20... m-e-d-a says it hopes to own at least two-thousand apartments in the mission district.karoleen feng/meda- "having affordable housing is the first step to rebuilding this as a latino hub." a lack of affordable housing is a pressing issue all over san francisco... including the sunset neighborhood -- where katy tang grew up. a district she now represents as a member of the board of supervisors.... she says the sunset has an abundance of single-family homes... but not much density.katy tan

karoleen feng, the director of community real estate for m-e-d-a, says buying property is part of a growing strategy to turn old and often unused buildings into affordable housing. karoleen feng/meda- "in the mission district, we have not built affordable housing for over a decade, and at the same time, we've seen a huge displacement of families, primarily latinos. 8,000 latinos in the last two decades." in addition... organizations like m-e-d-a are taking advatange of san francisco's "small sites" program... m-e-d-a uses city subsidies to buy old buildings where tenants are on the brink of evicition... and keep their rents at affordable levels... which for most families is under one- thousand dollars a month. in the last four years, m-e- d-a has purchased 19 buildings through "small sites." by 20-20... m-e-d-a says it hopes to own at least two-thousand apartments in the mission district.karoleen feng/meda- "having affordable housing is the first step to rebuilding this as a latino hub." a lack of affordable housing is a pressing issue all over san francisco... including the sunset neighborhood -- where katy tang grew up. a district she now represents as a member of the board of s

karoleen feng, the director of community real estate for m-e-d-a, says buying property is part of a growing strategy to turn old and often unused buildings into affordable housing. karoleen feng/medamission district, we have not built affordable housing for over a decade, and at the same time, we've seen a huge displacement of families, primarily latinos. 8,000 latinos in the last two decades." in addition... organizations like m-e-d-a are taking advatange of san francisco's "small sites" program... m-e-d-a uses city subsidies to buy old buildings where tenants are on the brink of evicition... and keep their rents at affordable levels... which for most families is under one- thousand dollars a month. in the last four years, m-e- d-a has purchased 19 buildings through "small sites." by 20-20... m-e-d-a says it hopes to own at least two-thousand apartments in the mission district.karoleen feng/meda- "having affordable housing is the first step to rebuilding this as a latino hub." a lack of affordable housing is a pressing issue all over san francisco... including the sunset neighborhood -- where katy tang grew up. a district she now represents as a member of the board of supervisors