b'KEY STRATEGIESTHE SCOPE AND SCALEnPRESERVATION AND PRODUCTION OF AFFORDABLE RESIDENTIAL/COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATEOF THE AFFORDABLE- nINFUSION OF EQUITABLE, ANTI-DISPLACEMENT CAPITAL FOR BUSINESS AND REAL ESTATEOur Community Real Estate (CRE) program:HOUSING CRISIS IN THEnDevelops new affordable housing sites for families, seniors and transitional-BAY AREA DEMANDS Aage youth (TAY) in the Mission.MULTIDIMENSIONALnPurchases and preserves existing rent-controlled buildings through the Citys Small Sites Program, to keep tenants in place and keep units affordable.RESPONSE. AS SUCH,CRE works with Fondo Adelante, which secures and deploys capital to acquire MEDAS APPROACH TOand rehabilitate affordable residential and commercial real estate in the Mission.COMMUNITY OWNERSHIPnDIRECT WEALTH-BUILDING SERVICES FOR INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES THROUGH AFFORDABLEOur Housing Opportunities Program is financially coaching clients through the housing process, from being rental ready to becoming homeownership ready. In HOUSING SPANS VARIOUSturn, our asset-building programs help clients build the financial security to support STRATEGIES, AND their housing goals, and help our tenants strengthen their own financial standing.INVOLVES ALL SIX nHOUSING CONTINUUM: HOMELESSNESS TO HOMEOWNERSHIP AND INVESTMENTPROGRAM AREAS. Our policy and advocacy work focuses on informing, designing, supporting and implementing policies that produce and preserve affordable housing, dedicate land use for this purpose and protect tenants.Between 2014 and 2020, CRE has preserved or produced COVID-19 AND MEDAS RESPONSE1,273 TOTAL UNITSThe COVID-19 pandemic has amplified the consequences and challenges of the Bay Areas housing crisis. Families living in overcrowded housing have been 439 especially susceptible to COVID-19 and have factored into the high infection rates Rental Assistanceamong Latinos. Just as alarming, extensive job losses have left many families with Demonstration months of unpaid rent or mortgage. The threat of mass evictions and foreclosures (RAD) units has persisted, and many families face the prospect of leaving the Bay Area because they cannot afford to stay.275 During the pandemic, MEDA has pivoted to offer urgent housing services while Small Sites Program also continuing our work in affordable-housing development. MEDA staff and housing units promotoras (community outreach workers) have connected community members to rental relief funds, helped residents notify their landlords about nonpayment of 557 rent in accordance with San Franciscos eviction moratorium and assisted clients in of new affordable housingcompleting applications for affordable housing. construction unitsHowever, the economic effects of the pandemicsuch as declining interest rates (three buildings complete; and building saleswill create opportunities for Fondo Adelante and CRE to two in the pipeline) disburse financial capital and acquire new housing. As part of our broader community development strategy, we plan to purchase and preserve single-room occupancy 2 (SRO) hotels, and work with government and financial institutions to devise nonprofit collaborative strategies that prevent further displacement from real estate speculation.centersSTRATEGIC PLAN 2021-2419'