OTH SF Long-Term Subsidy

The OTH SF Long-Term Subsidy exists to help support Trans and GNC community members who have an annual income of less than $55,000 and have long-term disabilities, mental health struggles, and/or increased risk factors which make them extremely likely to need financial assistance in order to remain housed for the foreseeable future.  These funds come from a long-term 5-year grant, which helps guarantee consistent assistance for our recipients and allows us to offer monthly funding for 18 months at a time.

This subsidy will pay some portion of your rent (depending on your income bracket and rent amount) every month directly to your landlord.

Once receiving this grant, recipients are required to submit income verification every 6 months and to reapply for the subsidy every 18 months. They must also notify us as soon as their income, housing, or contact information changes.

There are a total of around 90 spots available for the Long-Term Subsidy. Unfortunately, these spots are all full and there is a long waitlist to beging this subsidy. However, you are still encouraged to apply, because we may be able to provide some assistance through a short term subsidy!

If you are interested in applying for this subsidy, you can view the requirements and eligibility guidelines below. 

Update on 7/25/2023: Unfortunately, the roll-out of the Short-Term Subsidy is on hold indefinitely. Due to limited staff and limited staff hours allowed by our primary funder, the city of San Francisco, and/or our parent org, St. James Infirmary, we do not have the capacity to distribute any additional funds to new applicants without sacrificing our dedication to our current participants. The staff at OTH SF offer our sincerest apologies for the limited amount of funds we have the capacity to distribute at this time. We are in the process of demanding more hours and more staff so that not a single cent of funds earmarked for the trans community will go to waste.

OTH SF Short-Term Subsidy

The OTH SF Short-Term Subsidy exists to help support any and all Trans and GNC community members who are currently housing insecure and have an annual income of less than $55,000.  This subsidy functions very similarly to the long-term subsidy, but will only provide funds through June 2024. These funds come from a short-term grant that will expire at the end of June, so anyone on this subsidy will stop receiving funds at that time.

This subsidy will pay some portion of your rent (depending on your income bracket and rent amount) every month directly to your landlord.

Once receiving this grant, recipients are required to submit income verification every 6 months. They must also notify us as soon as their income, housing, or contact information changes.

There are currently a number of spots open on the Short-Term subsidy. Enrollment is currently open and rolling, but please note that if you are not already an OTH participant, it could take as long as 20-30 days to enroll you on the subsidy and send out the first check to your landlord. So, if you want/need payment by the first of the month, please make sure you apply and submit all of your documentation by no later than the 10th of the previous month.

Enrollment on the OTH Short-Term subsidy will remain open and rolling until there are few remaining open spots, at which time enrollment will shift to prioritize the most vulnerable of applicants (particularly BIPOC, sex worker, and trans-femme applicants as well as trans and GNC folks with disabilities).

The requirements and eligibility requirements for this subsidy are the same as for the OTH Long-Term subsidy. If you are interested in applying for this subsidy, you can view the requirements and eligibility guidelines below.