User:ImperfectlyInformed/tenderloin

Housing
The Tenderloin is known for residential hotels with relatively cheap single room occupancy (SRO) units. As of 2015, of the families in San Francisco living in these units, 14% were in the area with most of the remainder in Chinatown. As of 2005, an estimated 3,500 children lived in the area.

The city has an estimated 530 SRO hotels.

As of 2003, the Thakor family was noted as the "master tenant" of several of the "most dubious" hotels. In 2014, the City Attorney sued the Thakor family for health violations. As of 2015, the family owns 15 hotels.