All decisions
about 210 Board decisions about Housing Code, in date order. Each links to its printed page.
- Supervisor Gallagher presented a proposed San Francisco Housing Code ordinance, referred to the Public Buildings committee.
- A proposed San Francisco Housing Code sets health and safety rules for apartments, hotels and dwellings citywide.
- Proposed San Francisco Housing Code would set health and safety rules for apartments, hotels and dwellings; consideration not yet concluded.
- Proposed San Francisco Housing Code, creating new citywide standards for dwellings, was taken up; outcome appears on the next page.
- Proposed Housing Code covering razing of nuisance buildings and liens, postponed to October 5, 1942.
- Proposed San Francisco Housing Code would set building rules and enforcement by the Housing Department; still under consideration.
- Supervisor Gallagher presented a new citywide Housing Code, referred to the Public Buildings, Lands and City Planning Committee.
- Proposed citywide Housing Code remains under consideration; supervisors debated adding a definition of 'motel'.
- Proposed citywide Housing Code for dwellings and motels advanced for second reading, with amendments from Public Works under consideration.
- A citywide Housing Code was temporarily postponed pending the arrival of Supervisor Dobbs.
- Board passed an ordinance enacting a Housing Code for San Francisco and including it in the Municipal Code.
- Board passed on first reading changes to the Housing Code's definitions and enforcement rules, shifting conservation-area duties to Public Works.
- Board passed an ordinance amending the Housing Code's definitions and enforcement sections.
- J. Joseph Sullivan proposed a Housing Code change requiring residential building records before sale, referred to committee.
- Ordinance requiring a city residential building report before sales passed second reading, 8 to 3, over a re-referral motion.
- The San Francisco Hotel Association asked for more time on Housing Code amendments, and the request was referred to the Public Health and Welfare Committee.
- Proposed Housing Code amendments for existing buildings were sent back to the Public Health and Welfare Committee.
- Housing Code changes requiring retroactive safety upgrades for existing buildings are debated; apartment and hotel groups oppose them.
- Housing Code changes sent back to committee for review.
- Housing Code amendments on retroactive standards and compliance time sent back to Public Health and Welfare Committee.
- Motion to send Housing Code changes back to committee; no vote shown.
- Housing Code changes for existing buildings put off a week
- Proposed Housing Code amendments would apply new standards to all existing buildings, with a time limit for owners to comply.
- Housing Code amendment requiring existing buildings to meet new standards, with owners' deadline moved to 1966, advanced as amended.
- Housing Code amendments recommended by the Public Health and Welfare Committee were temporarily postponed.
- Would make older buildings meet new housing standards; no vote shown.
- A proposed ordinance would amend the Housing Code to allow controlled installation of community kitchens in hotels.
- Supervisor Ferdon's proposal to amend the Housing Code's residential building record report was referred to the Public Buildings committee.
- Housing Code amendment on residential building records was sent back to committee for further study.
- Housing Code amended so dwelling units must have heat maintaining 70 degrees, adopted as amended.
- Housing Code change on residential building record reports, including deleting the report waiver, finally passed.
- Proposed Housing Code change on fire protective devices in apartment houses was postponed to May 24, 1966.
- Ordinance to move building owners' Housing Code compliance deadline from 1966 to 1968 was sent to the Health Committee.
- Housing code deadline extension to 1968 sent to committee.
- Building owners get until January 1, 1968 to meet retroactive Housing Code provisions; passed for second reading.
- Building owners get until January 1, 1968 to meet retroactive Housing Code provisions, under an extension passed.
- New citywide housing rules postponed to February 10.
- Companion salary change tied to Board staff positions approved
- Proposed new citywide Housing Code and repeal of the existing code was temporarily postponed by the Board.
- A new citywide Housing Code, with a proposed minimum heat amendment, is debated and its consideration continues.
- A new citywide Housing Code was put off, with consideration continued to March 3, 1969.
- Board continued the new citywide Housing Code to March 10, 1969 after a proposed heat-requirement amendment.
- Health Committee's new citywide Housing Code was amended by Supervisor Mendelsohn and sent on for second reading, with debate continuing.
- Proposed new Housing Code was amended in two votes, then temporarily postponed by the Board.
- A new Housing Code for San Francisco replacing the existing code was finally passed.
- Price set for the Housing Code, replacing an earlier price
- Housing rules to apply retroactively to sections 501-508; final vote next
- Bond term for some city officers now three years
- Proposed housing rules on corridor openings and building heat.
- Board finally passed amendments to the Housing Code on corridor openings and minimum heat requirements.
- Housing Code price cut from $1.98 to $1.42
- Housing rules now copy building code's 'residential use' meaning
- Supervisor Pelosi asked the City Attorney to draft Housing Code penalties that become tax liens if unpaid.
- Supervisor Barbagelata requests committee hearings on amending the Housing Code for fire protection in apartments and hotels.
- Webster Street named a historic district
- The City Attorney was asked to draft a Housing Code change letting more residential hotel rooms have cooking facilities; request granted.
- Ordinance adding inspection fee schedule to residential energy conservation standards in the Housing Code was referred to the Finance Committee.
- Supervisor Britt proposed limiting Housing Code energy inspections at title transfer to Article 12 compliance; referred to committee.
- Supervisor Renne proposed inspection fee schedule for residential energy conservation standards in the Housing Code.
- Housing Code fee schedules ordinance, requiring yearly Board review of fees, passed for second reading as amended.
- Housing Code fee schedules revised and finally passed, with annual review required, on a 7 to 4 vote.
- Housing Code amended by Supervisor Britt to limit inspections of residential buildings to energy conservation compliance; finally passed.
- Supervisor Silver proposed a draft ordinance adding civil penalties for Housing Code violations; referred to committee.
- Supervisors Silver and Kennedy's proposal to define hot water and drop criminal penalties in the Housing Code was referred to committee.
- Supervisor Kennedy's proposal to revise Housing Code inspections and raise penalties for repeat offenders was referred to committee.
- Proposed Housing Code change requiring hot water in residential hotels was sent back to committee with pending amendments.
- Proposed ordinance would add civil penalties for Housing Code violations; referred to the Planning, Housing and Development Committee.
- A proposed Housing Code ordinance would set minimum heat requirements for residential hotels; its vote is not printed here.
- Proposed ordinance would add civil penalties to the Housing Code for violations of Section 707.
- Housing Code amended to set minimum and maximum hot water requirements in hotels and apartment houses; passed as an emergency measure.
- Housing Code amended to require minimum heat in residential hotels; passed as an emergency measure.
- Board confirms the emergency Housing Code heat rule for apartment houses and hotels as reasonably necessary for local conditions.
- Silver's ordinance adding civil penalties for Housing Code violations was continued to February 22, 1983.
- Board continued to February 28, 1983 an ordinance proposing civil penalties for Housing Code violations, with Supervisor Silver's amendment pending.
- An ordinance setting civil penalties for Housing Code violations was tabled.
- Hearing proposed on amending Housing Code sections on solar installations; referred to Planning, Housing and Development Committee.
- Supervisor Molinari requested a hearing on Housing Code minimum heat rules for residential hotels, referred to committee.
- Supervisor Britt's ordinance setting residential energy conservation standards in the Housing Code passed for second reading.
- Ordinance setting residential energy conservation standards in the Housing Code was finally passed, sponsored by Supervisor Britt.
- Supervisors amended a proposed Housing Code rule requiring working appliances in all dwelling units; final vote not shown.
- Draft ordinance adding commercial energy conservation rules to the Housing Code; referred to Public Works Committee.
- Supervisor Walker asked the Chief of Police how many break-ins occurred in residential buildings exempt from Housing Code door security rules.
- Housing Code fee schedule ordinance amended to add annual fee review, then passed for second reading.
- An ordinance amending the Housing Code fee schedules, sunset clause and clerical errors was proposed by Public Works.
- Supervisor Walker asked the City Attorney to draft a Housing Code change letting tenants in single and two family rentals request inspections.
- Ordinance exempting children under six from the Housing Code passed for second reading, companion to file 125-87-3.1.
- Ordinance passed exempting children under six from the Housing Code provisions.
- Housing Code corrections to update the code and fix clerical errors passed for second reading.
- The Board finally passed an ordinance correcting clerical errors in the Housing Code, Section 309 amended.
- Housing Code fee review ordinance repealing Sections 86 and 160 of Part III passed for second reading.
- Housing Code fee review and related Municipal Code fee schedules changed by ordinance, finally passed on request of Public Works.
- The Board passed on first reading a new San Francisco Housing Code governing residential buildings citywide.
- A new San Francisco Housing Code replacing the old housing code was finally passed.
- Proposed ordinance would require identifying utility shutoff devices in housing under the Housing Code; referred to Economic and Social Policy Committee.
- Proposed Housing Code amendment requiring identification of utility shutoff devices in earthquake emergency guidelines, passed for second reading as amended.
- Proposed ordinance to exempt state-licensed residential board and care homes from certain Building Code requirements was referred to committee.
- Proposed Housing Code change requiring residential buildings to meet water conservation rules within three years passed second reading.
- Housing Code amended to exempt state-licensed board and care homes from certain requirements, passed final.
- State-licensed residential board and care homes are exempted from certain Housing Code requirements, passed on final reading.
- Proposed amendments to the Housing Code affecting dwelling units citywide; referred to Economic and Social Policy Committee.
- Housing Code update adopting the 1991 Uniform Housing Code with San Francisco amendments was sent to committee.
- Housing Code amendment requiring self-closing hotel doors and related standards passed for second reading.
- Housing Code updated to adopt the 1991 Uniform Housing Code, passed for second reading.
- Housing Code ordinance on hotel self-closing doors, passageway lighting and energy conservation passed first reading.
- Housing Code adopted by reference to the 1991 Uniform Housing Code, effective July 1, 1992, passed on consent.
- Housing Code amended to require self-closing hotel doors and set hotel bath and toilet standards, as Ordinance 160-92.
- Proposed ordinance barring landlords from refusing dwellings based on occupant numbers was continued to March 22, 1993.
- Proposed housing code change would give city inspectors citation authority to enforce the Housing Code; referred to committee.
- Supervisors continued consideration of a proposed Housing Code rule barring refusal of dwellings based on occupant numbers to April 12, 1993.
- Proposed Housing Code change letting inspectors check apartment houses and hotels less than yearly if they comply; passed for second reading.
- Housing Code citation authority amendment, after an amendment was adopted, was continued to August 30, 1993.
- Amended, and continued, an ordinance giving the Public Works Director citation powers under the Housing Code after abatement hearings, sponsored by Supervisor Kaufman.
- Supervisor Alioto proposed changing Housing Code attic space rules and raising the spending limit; referred to the Housing Committee.
- Proposed Housing Code citation powers were tabled; citations would wait for a Public Works abatement hearing.
- Supervisors Kaufman and others proposed Housing Code citations, referred to the Housing and Land Use Committee, so the Public Works Director could issue citations for violations after notice periods.
- Housing Code citation powers and higher fines for violations were passed for second reading, with the Public Works Director to report on them.
- Board passed citation powers for Housing Code violations, with fines up to $7,500 per building.
- Housing Code amendments on attic space and compliance spending limits were continued to December 13, 1993.
- Housing Code amendment on attic space and repair spending limits put off until December 20, 1993.
- Supervisors passed on first reading, as amended, an ordinance raising the Housing Code energy conservation spending limit from $1,000 to $1,300.
- Housing Code amended to give residential buildings a medical exemption from water conservation device rules; finally passed.
- Proposed ordinance would amend San Francisco's Housing Code to match the recently adopted State uniform Housing Code; referred to committee.
- Proposed resolution would endorse local findings for the 1995 Housing Code changes; referred to the Housing and Land Use Committee.
- Housing Code rewrite approved on first reading
- The Board passed on second reading an ordinance amending the Housing Code to match the State Uniform Housing Code.
- Board passed 1995 Housing Code amendments bringing San Francisco's code into line with the state Uniform Housing Code.
- Building Inspection Commission proposes adding dwelling units under lead hazard orders to the Housing Code's nuisance definition; referred to committee.
- Supervisors Shelley and others proposed adding lead-ordered dwellings to the Housing Code; referred to Rules Committee.
- Environmental review cleared for affordable homes at 5545 Third Street
- Housing Code changed so dwelling units under lead hazard orders count as nuisances; finally passed.
- Consideration of a Housing Code amendment making life-safety violations misdemeanors was continued to October 20, 1997.
- Ordinance making serious Housing Code life-safety violations chargeable as misdemeanors passed for second reading as amended.
- Housing Code life-safety violations, including fire safety and heat, become chargeable as misdemeanors; ordinance finally passed.
- The 1998 San Francisco Housing Code was re-enacted permanently without change, passed as Ordinance 316-99.
- The 1998 San Francisco Housing Code, governing dwellings, is re-enacted permanently without change, passed on first reading.
- A new San Francisco Housing Code ordinance was sent to the Housing and Social Policy Committee for review.
- Housing Code re-enactment ordinance referred to the Housing and Social Policy Committee.
- Board asked the City Attorney to let building inspectors assess fines for Housing Code violations, waived if fixed in time.
- Building Inspection proposes re-enacting the 1998 San Francisco Housing Code citywide with local amendments; sent to committee.
- Committee to hold a hearing on a legislative draft of the 1998 San Francisco Housing Code.
- Building code re-enactment put off to October after long testimony
- Legislative draft to the 1998 Housing Code was continued to October 19, 1999 in the Housing and Social Policy Committee.
- Proposed: rewrite of city electrical rules for wiring work.
- A new San Francisco Housing Code was passed, replacing the existing citywide housing code, from the Building Inspection Department.
- Supervisor Ammiano proposed Housing Code changes extending tenant protections to all persons, now assigned to the Health and Human Services Committee.
- Supervisor Sandoval proposed a new San Francisco Housing Code, sent to the Public Works and Public Protection Committee.
- Board passed on first reading an ordinance replacing the San Francisco Housing Code, proposed by Supervisor Sandoval and the Building Inspection Department.
- Passed final adoption of a rewritten San Francisco Housing Code, replacing the old version, with a companion measure.
- Housing Code change on bathroom mechanical ventilation passed on first reading.
- Ordinance proposed to amend Housing Code section 504 on mechanical ventilation of bathrooms in dwelling units.
- Changes to bathroom fan rules in buildings sent to committee.
- Housing Code changed for bathroom ventilation fans.
- Proposed new 2007 San Francisco Housing Code passed on first reading, 11-0, and goes to a second vote.
- Proposed repeal and replacement of the San Francisco Housing Code to match the 2007 state building code numbering.
- New city fire code passed first reading; final vote needed
- Ordinance bans wooden fixed utility ladders in R-1, R-2 and R-3 occupancies in the Housing Code; passed final.
- Ordinance to extend Housing Code protections to all persons sharing housing was assigned to the Land Use Committee.
- Ordinance to charge a $52 per unit fee for Housing Code enforcement on one and two-family rental dwellings passed first reading.
- Proposed $52 per-unit fee on one- and two-family rental dwellings to fund Housing Code enforcement passed first reading.
- Proposed citywide rule bars rent increases and evictions for added occupants within Housing Code limits; passed first reading as amended.
- Ordinance extending Housing Code protections to all persons sharing housing passed on first reading by six to four.
- Ordinance extends Housing Code housing-access protections to all persons sharing housing, not only families, finally passed.
- Board finally passed an ordinance barring rent increases and evictions for added occupants within Housing Code occupancy limits.
- Residential hotel owners would have to post notices telling occupants they can report Housing Code violations by calling 311; passed on first reading.
- Hotels must post how to report housing violations
- An ordinance requiring telephone jacks and hotel grab bars under the Housing Code passed on first reading.
- Board finally passed changes to the Mandatory Earthquake Retrofit Program for wood-frame buildings and the Housing Code report.
- Draft ordinance proposed to extend Housing Code access protections to all persons sharing housing; sent to Land Use Committee.
- Ban on showerhead flow timers sent to the Land Use Committee
- Shower flow timers to be banned in rented homes
- Ban on shower flow timers passed on first reading
- Shower flow timers banned in flats and hotels, proposed
- Shower flow timers banned in flats and hotels, proposed
- Ban on shower flow timers in apartments and hotels
- Shower rules to go to state building regulators on passage
- Single-stall hotel bathrooms to be open to all genders
- All-gender hotel bathroom rules sent to committee
- All-gender single-stall bathrooms proposed for hotels
- All-gender single-stall hotel bathrooms pass first reading
- All-gender single-stall bathrooms proposed for hotels
- Another supervisor backs all-gender hotel bathrooms
- Hotels must let all genders use single-stall bathrooms
- Heating rules for rented homes sent to the land use committee
- Heating rules for rented homes pass first reading
- Heating rules for rented homes
- Heating rules for rented homes proposed
- Ban on removing group housing community kitchens sent to committee
- Removing community kitchens from group housing banned on first reading
- Removing community kitchens from group housing to be banned
- Ban on removing shared kitchens in group housing approved
- Tenants could sue over substandard housing under a proposed change
- Rule to keep one elevator running sent to committee
- Working elevator rule passed on first reading
- Elevator rule sent to the October 15 special meeting
- Apartment buildings would have to keep one elevator running
- Apartment buildings must now keep elevators running
- Apartment buildings would have to keep one elevator running
- Housing Code update to match 2025 building codes sent to committee
- Housing Code updated for the 2025 codes, passes first reading
- Housing Code updated to match the 2025 inspection codes
- Housing Code now updated to match 2025 building codes
- Structural maintenance inspections in the Housing Code pass first reading
- Structural maintenance inspections written into the Housing Code
- Structural maintenance inspections written into the Housing Code
- Housing Code ceiling height rules sent to committee