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SDS Supportive Housing Fund

The LA Times quoted CEO Deborah La Franchi on Mayor Karen Bass's new directive to expedite development of affordable housing in the city
Impact fund manager celebrates 20 years of investments, builds on success of ongoing affordable housing funds
Media outlets across the globe announced our investment in Bethel Manor Apartments for the development of 53-units of permanent supportive housing equaling multi-million readers. Housing for the homeless is an issue that many cities across the world face.
Spectrum 1 interviews SDS Founder & CEO, Deborah La Franchi and Bethel A.M.E Church leaders about their unprecedented partnership that will bring critically needed permanent supportive housing for locals experiencing homelessness.
The leading Black community newspaper in Los Angeles, L.A. Sentinel, wrote a feature piece on the Bethel AME/Supportive Housing Fund's groundbreaking for Bethel Manor Apartments, a 53-unit permanent supportive housing complex that will be located on Church property.
Industry publication writes about the unique partnership with Bethel A.M.E Church and comparatively low cost for SDS Supportive Housing Fund’s permanent supportive housing developments. 
One of Southern California’s largest neighborhood newspaper groups (includes Pasadena Star News and Whittier Daily News) writes about SDS Supportive Housing Fund’s latest investment in permanent supportive housing for L.A.’s homeless population.
The significance of SHF’s latest private capital investment for the Los Angeles community receives coverage across various KTLA news editions.
On the same day as a major endorsement, Karen Bass spoke about the significance of projects like Bethel Manor Apartments to help solve the homeless crisis in Los Angeles.
Feature story on the Bethel Manor Apartments  Groundbreaking Ceremony airs multiple times on Spectrum 1 News
Read this feature story on this unprecedented partnership between Bethel A.M.E Church and private capital funded SDS Supportive Housing Fund here.
SDS Supportive Housing Fund’s collaboration with partner RMG Housing and Bethel A.M.E. Church in South Los Angeles celebrated in a groundbreaking ceremony featuring Church leadership, Councilmember Marqueece Harris-Dawson and Congressmember Karen Bass