San Francisco is launching a new pilot program aimed at helping people living in recreational vehicles transition into permanent housing. The initiative offers landlords one month's rent if they agree to reserve vacant units for qualified RV residents, an effort city officials said is part of a broader strategy to reduce homelessness.

A city map released in September showed nearly 500 vehicles and RVs being used as shelter across San Francisco. Earlier this month, the city began enforcing a new law allowing officials to tow unpermitted RVs parked in the same location for more than two hours.

Along John Muir Drive near Lake Merced, dozens of RVs line the street. Many of them have city-issued six-month permits that allow residents to stay while they work with case managers and wait for hou

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