For San Franciscans
Preservation That Puts People First
MEDA acquires and rehabilitates multi-unit buildings to keep long-term San Francisco renters stably housed and rooted in community
Preservation is one of MEDA’s most immediate tools for housing stabilization. In rapidly gentrifying neighborhoods like the Mission, rent-controlled buildings are often bought by speculative investors—leading to displacement of low-income families who have lived there for decades.
MEDA flips that script.
Through San Francisco’s Small Sites Program, we acquire vulnerable buildings where residents are at risk of losing their homes. Once purchased, we make needed repairs, maintain rent protections, and permanently remove the properties from the speculative market. These buildings are then stewarded by MEDA as permanently affordable community assets.
It’s one of the fastest, most cost-effective ways to keep families in San Francisco, stop displacement, and preserve the cultural fabric of the neighborhoods—unit by unit, block by block.
Portfolio to date:
Vivienda Adelante – 380 San Jose (4 units)
Vivienda Adelante – 642 Guerrero (4 units)
Vivienda Adelante – 344 Precita (4 units)
Vivienda Adelante – 3840 Folsom (4 units)
Vivienda Adelante – 1500 Cortland (4 units)
Vivienda Adelante – 3329 20th (10 units)
Vivienda Adelante – 3800 Mission (6 units)
Vivienda Adelante – 269 Richland (6 units)
Vivienda Adelante – 63 Lapidge (6 units)
Vivienda Adelante – 3198 24th (13 units)
Vivienda Adelante – 2217 Mission (9 units)
Vivienda Adelante – 1015 Shotwell (10 units)
Vivienda Adelante – 1411 Florida (7 units)
Vivienda Adelante – 19 Precita (3 units)
Vivienda Adelante – 35 Fair (4 units)
Vivienda Adelante – 305 San Carlos (14 units)
Vivienda Adelante – 3353 26th (11 units)
Vivienda Adelante – 60 28th (6 units)
Vivienda Adelante – 2093 Mission (17 units)
Vivienda Adelante – 65 Woodward (6 units)
Vivienda Adelante – 654 Capp (6 units)
Vivienda Adelante – 4830 Mission (26 units) – in Excelsior
Vivienda Adelante – 520 Shrader (7 units)(co-developer) – in Haight
Vivienda Adelante – 3544 Taraval (6 units) – in Sunset
Vivienda Adelante – 3156 Mission (9 units)
Vivienda Adelante – 369 3rd Ave. (13 units) – in Richmond
Vivienda Adelante – 239 Clayton (8 units) – in NoPa
Vivienda Adelante – 2260 Mission (7 units)
Vivienda Adelante – 3225 24th (6 units)
Vivienda Adelante – 3254 23rd (11 units)
Vivienda Adelante – 1382 30th Ave. (4 units) – in Sunset
Vivienda Adelante – 566 Natoma (5 units) – in SoMa
Vivienda Adelante – 2676 Folsom (8 units)
Vivienda Adelante – 1353 Stevenson (7 units)
Vivienda Adelante – 168 Sickles (12 units)(co-developer) – in Outer Mission
Vivienda Adelante – 300 Ocean (8 units) – in Midtown Terrace
Vivienda Adelante – 3661 19th Street (12 units)
Vivienda Adelante – 40-42 Sycamore (5 units)
Vivienda Adelante – 2059-2061 Mission Street (39 units)
Vivienda Adelante – 2901-2929 16th Street (70 units)
Are you a tenant at risk of displacement or an owner who wants to protect your tenants?
If you’re a vulnerable tenant interested in having MEDA potentially purchase your building, or an owner who wants to be part of the solution to keep longtime San Franciscans in their homes—contact us to explore selling your property to MEDA.
Since 2014, MEDA has preserved 418 homes—keeping hundreds of San Franciscans stably housed and protecting the cultural heart of the Mission.
