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San Francisco Chronicle reports HomeRise wind-down amid scrutiny of resident safety and financial management
HomeRise’s board approved an orderly wind-down expected to take up to two years, requiring San Francisco to transfer 17 supportive-housing complexes serving more than 1,500 residents. The San Francisco Chronicle reported that the decision followed contract nonrenewals, financial problems and its continuing investigation with the UC Berkeley Investigative Reporting Program into reported neglect, resident deaths and alleged sexual assaults by staff. HomeRise said housing and services would continue during the transition.
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Why this matters
The transition affects supportive housing and services for more than 1,500 formerly homeless residents and places hundreds of millions of dollars in publicly supported property under new stewardship.
Attribution
Who reported or established this
The San Francisco Chronicle and UC Berkeley Investigative Reporting Program reported the safety and financial concerns. HomeRise and San Francisco officials confirmed the wind-down and planned transfers.
Evidence limits
What remains unverified
No Halo has not independently established the reported neglect, whether organizational failures contributed to particular deaths, the alleged staff assaults or the full extent of financial mismanagement. Successor operators, building-specific timelines and employee impacts had not been announced.
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Organization response
HomeRise said residents would remain housed, leases and rental assistance would continue, on-site staff and support would remain during the transition, and buildings would be transferred individually to better-resourced providers over as long as 24 months.
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How No Halo records this event
Event type: Operational Contraction. Current state: Pending. No Halo preserves the current procedural state rather than treating every mention as a finding.
Published October 1, 2026 · Last verified October 5, 2026. See an error or a later outcome? Submit a correction or right of reply.