it s incredibly expensive to live in a city like manhattan. the cost of living continues to soar in san francisco. this neighborhood is a neighborhood of working class people, low income people who don t have the ability to earn $100,000, $200,000 a year. and the building is set up to be not only affordable housing, but a building that provides support services which we provide for some of the residents. ceo steven williams said the organization helps people to manage the resources they have. he knows how hard it is to rise above negative circumstances. he, too, experienced similar problems as a child growing up in chicago. i grew up in a neighborhood called englewood in chicago. most people around the country know it as the shooting, murder capital of chicago. and more importantly, i saw that neighborhood change from a working class neighborhood in the 70s, particularly after a lot of males got laid off from their jobs at steel milles and factories turn into a very low
income neighborhood that was a counselor stone of poverty and crimes. through its program, the organization is transformed this stressed babies into another area. how do you get a mortgage, if they need to get a mortgage, how to find a quality rental unit, how to improve the credit scores, how to save for sending their kids to college. the san francisco housing development organization provides affordable house b, condominiums, and views of downtown san francisco. the ultimate goal is to help people living in areas with few resources to improve their quality of life. if we were not here with the organization, i think it would be pretty tough. it s a different between having hope and not. and hope is what keeps gloria and kenneth focused on arriving above their problems and achieve living beyond the dream. and we wish them one.