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A 1936 WPA poster reading Better Housing, with a new apartment block beside old tenements
WPA poster, 1936

43 listings are open, soonest deadline first.

Apartments to rent (1)

  • 160 Freelon

    Apply by Nov 19 · 17 days left

    Lottery · 160 Freelon Street, 94107 · 62 homes available

    Sizes: Studio, 1 BR, 2 BR, 3 BR

    Monthly rent: $528 to $2,938

    Monthly household income: $1,056 to $13,400

    Serves households up to 80% of area median income

    See this listing on DAHLIA

Homes to buy (42)

  • 31 Page Street Unit 503

    Apply by Nov 3 · 1 day left

    Lottery · 31 Page Street, 94102 · 1 home available

    Sizes: 2 BR

    Serves households up to 100% of area median income

    See this listing on DAHLIA
  • 619 King Street Unit TH6

    Apply by Nov 4 · 2 days left

    Lottery · 619 King Street, 94107 · 1 home available

    Sizes: 2 BR

    Serves households up to 120% of area median income

    See this listing on DAHLIA
  • 1545 Pine Street Unit 410

    Apply by Nov 5 · 3 days left

    Lottery · 1545 Pine Street, 94109 · 1 home available

    Sizes: 1 BR

    Serves households up to 120% of area median income

    See this listing on DAHLIA
  • 100 Duboce Avenue Unit 306

    No deadline

    First come, first served · 100 Duboce Avenue, 94103 · 1 home available

    Sizes: Studio

    Serves households up to 120% of area median income

    See this listing on DAHLIA
  • 1075 Market St Unit 503

    No deadline

    First come, first served · 1075 Market Street, 94103 · 1 home available

    Sizes: Studio

    Serves households up to 120% of area median income

    See this listing on DAHLIA
  • 1160 Mission Street Unit 1105

    No deadline

    First come, first served · 1160 Mission Street, 94103 · 1 home available

    Sizes: 1 BR

    Serves households up to 120% of area median income

    See this listing on DAHLIA
  • 1160 Mission Street Unit 801

    No deadline

    First come, first served · 1160 Mission Street, 94103 · 1 home available

    Sizes: 2 BR

    Serves households up to 100% of area median income

    See this listing on DAHLIA
  • 140 South Van Ness Ave Unit 341

    No deadline

    First come, first served · 140 South Van Ness Ave, 94103 · 1 home available

    Sizes: Studio

    Serves households up to 120% of area median income

    See this listing on DAHLIA
  • 1400 Mission Street Unit 212

    No deadline

    First come, first served · 1400 Mission Street, 94103 · 1 home available

    Sizes: 1 BR

    Serves households up to 120% of area median income

    See this listing on DAHLIA
  • 1400 Mission Street Unit 701

    No deadline

    First come, first served · 1400 Mission Street, 94103 · 1 home available

    Sizes: 3 BR

    Serves households up to 120% of area median income

    See this listing on DAHLIA
  • 1400 Mission Street Unit 709

    No deadline

    First come, first served · 1400 Mission Street, 94103 · 1 home available

    Sizes: 1 BR

    Serves households up to 100% of area median income

    See this listing on DAHLIA
  • 1400 Mission Street Unit 907

    No deadline

    First come, first served · 1400 Mission Street, 94103 · 1 home available

    Sizes: 1 BR

    Serves households up to 120% of area median income

    See this listing on DAHLIA
  • 1740 Bancroft Avenue Unit 251

    No deadline

    First come, first served · 1740 Bancroft Avenue, 94124 · 1 home available

    Sizes: 4 BR

    Serves households up to 109% of area median income

    See this listing on DAHLIA
  • 1780 Bancroft Avenue Unit 354

    No deadline

    First come, first served · 1780 Bancroft Avenue, 94124 · 1 home available

    Sizes: 2 BR

    Serves households up to 111% of area median income

    See this listing on DAHLIA
  • 280 Spear Street Unit 4P

    No deadline

    First come, first served · 280 Spear Street, 94105 · 1 home available

    Sizes: 1 BR

    Serves households up to 140% of area median income

    See this listing on DAHLIA
  • 285 Main Street Unit 404

    No deadline

    First come, first served · 285 Main Street, 94105 · 1 home available

    Sizes: 1 BR

    Serves households up to 120% of area median income

    See this listing on DAHLIA
  • 301 Crescent Court Unit 3101

    No deadline

    First come, first served · 301 Crescent Court Unit 3101, 94134 · 1 home available

    Sizes: 1 BR

    Serves households up to 140% of area median income

    See this listing on DAHLIA
  • 301 Crescent Court Unit 3214

    No deadline

    First come, first served · 301 Crescent Court, 94134 · 1 home available

    Sizes: 2 BR

    Serves households up to 140% of area median income

    See this listing on DAHLIA
  • 370 Monterey Blvd Unit 313

    No deadline

    First come, first served · 370 Monterey Blvd, 94131 · 1 home available

    Sizes: 1 BR

    Serves households up to 140% of area median income

    See this listing on DAHLIA
  • 388 Fulton Street Unit 404

    No deadline

    First come, first served · 388 Fulton Street, 94102 · 1 home available

    Sizes: Studio

    Serves households up to 120% of area median income

    See this listing on DAHLIA
  • 400 Beale Street Unit 407

    No deadline

    First come, first served · 400 Beale Street, 94105 · 1 home available

    Sizes: 2 BR

    Serves households up to 100% of area median income

    See this listing on DAHLIA
  • 400 Beale Street Unit 505

    No deadline

    First come, first served · 400 Beale Street, 94105 · 1 home available

    Sizes: 1 BR

    Serves households up to 100% of area median income

    See this listing on DAHLIA
  • 400 Grove Street Unit 305

    No deadline

    First come, first served · 400 Grove Street, 94102 · 1 home available

    Sizes: Studio

    Serves households up to 100% of area median income

    See this listing on DAHLIA
  • 410 Jessie Street Unit 207 (2 Mint Plaza)

    No deadline

    First come, first served · 410 Jessie Street, 94103 · 1 home available

    Sizes: 1 BR

    Serves households up to 90% of area median income

    See this listing on DAHLIA
  • 50 Lansing St Unit 203

    No deadline

    First come, first served · 50 Lansing St, 94105 · 1 home available

    Sizes: 2 BR

    Serves households up to 100% of area median income

    See this listing on DAHLIA
  • 55 Page Street Unit 213

    No deadline

    First come, first served · 55 Page Street, 94102 · 1 home available

    Sizes: Studio

    Serves households up to 120% of area median income

    See this listing on DAHLIA
  • 6 Mint Plaza Unit 203A

    No deadline

    First come, first served · 6 Mint Plaza, 94103 · 1 home available

    Sizes: 1 BR

    Serves households up to 120% of area median income

    See this listing on DAHLIA
  • 719 Larkin Street Unit 401

    No deadline

    First come, first served · 719 Larkin Street Unit 401, 94109 · 1 home available

    Sizes: 1 BR

    Serves households up to 120% of area median income

    See this listing on DAHLIA
  • 719 Larkin Street Unit 502

    No deadline

    First come, first served · 719 Larkin Street Unit 502, 94109 · 1 home available

    Sizes: 1 BR

    Serves households up to 120% of area median income

    See this listing on DAHLIA
  • 750 Van Ness Avenue Unit V204

    No deadline

    First come, first served · 750 Van Ness Avenue, 94102 · 1 home available

    Sizes: Studio

    Serves households up to 120% of area median income

    See this listing on DAHLIA
  • 788 Minna Street Unit 203

    No deadline

    First come, first served · 788 Minna Street, 94103 · 1 home available

    Sizes: 1 BR

    Serves households up to 110% of area median income

    See this listing on DAHLIA
  • 8 Octavia Blvd Unit 407

    No deadline

    First come, first served · 8 Octavia Blvd, 94102 · 1 home available

    Sizes: Studio

    Serves households up to 120% of area median income

    See this listing on DAHLIA
  • 83 McAllister Street Unit 410

    No deadline

    First come, first served · 83 McAllister Street, 94102 · 1 home available

    Sizes: Studio

    Serves households up to 120% of area median income

    See this listing on DAHLIA
  • 855 Folsom Street Unit 742

    No deadline

    First come, first served · 855 Folsom Street, 94107 · 1 home available

    Sizes: 2 BR

    Serves households up to 120% of area median income

    See this listing on DAHLIA
  • 88 At the Park

    No deadline

    First come, first served · 88 Arkansas Street, 94107 · 2 homes available

    Sizes: Studio

    Serves households up to 100% of area median income

    See this listing on DAHLIA
  • 888 7th St Unit 134

    No deadline

    First come, first served · 888 7th Street, 94107 · 1 home available

    Sizes: 1 BR

    Serves households up to 120% of area median income

    See this listing on DAHLIA
  • 888 7th Street Unit 231

    No deadline

    First come, first served · 888 7th Street, 94107 · 1 home available

    Sizes: 1 BR

    Serves households up to 120% of area median income

    See this listing on DAHLIA
  • 888 7th Street Unit 234

    No deadline

    First come, first served · 888 7th Street Unit 234, 94107 · 1 home available

    Sizes: 1 BR

    Serves households up to 120% of area median income

    See this listing on DAHLIA
  • 888 7th Street Unit 330

    No deadline

    First come, first served · 888 7th Street, 94107 · 1 home available

    Sizes: 1 BR

    Serves households up to 120% of area median income

    See this listing on DAHLIA
  • 888 7th Street Unit 355

    No deadline

    First come, first served · 888 7th Street, 94107 · 1 home available

    Sizes: 2 BR

    Serves households up to 120% of area median income

    See this listing on DAHLIA
  • MIRA SF - Accessible Units

    No deadline

    First come, first served · 285 Main Street, 94105 · 3 homes available

    Sizes: 1 BR, 2 BR

    Serves households up to 120% of area median income

    See this listing on DAHLIA
  • Renou - FCFS

    No deadline

    First come, first served · 395 6th Street, 94103 · 10 homes available

    Sizes: Studio, 1 BR, 2 BR

    Serves households up to 100% of area median income

    See this listing on DAHLIA

KPCB Edge is an independent publisher, not a government agency, and does not run these lotteries. Apply only through San Francisco's official DAHLIA portal. Applying is free.

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Questions about housing lotteries

What is DAHLIA?

DAHLIA is San Francisco's official housing portal, run by the Mayor's Office of Housing and Community Development. Most below-market rentals and homes for sale are listed there, and you apply through it. Applying is free.

How are the apartments and homes awarded?

Most are awarded by lottery. Everyone who applies by the deadline gets a random lottery number, so applying early does not help. Some listings are first come, first served, and a few are waitlists. Each listing says which one it is.

What do the income ranges mean?

Below-market units are set aside for households under a share of the area median income (AMI). The ranges here are monthly household income, as the portal lists them. Larger households have higher limits, so check the listing for your household size.

Do I need Section 8 to apply?

No. These listings are separate from Section 8 and public housing. You can apply while you wait for a voucher.

Where does this list come from?

From the same public data DAHLIA shows, refreshed about hourly. We show listings marked active whose deadline has not passed. Always open the listing on DAHLIA to confirm the details before you apply.

Source

Where the list comes from

DAHLIA San Francisco Housing Portal, San Francisco Mayor's Office of Housing and Community Development.