Evictions Jump as Sheriff Lifts Pause Imposed in December The San Francisco Sheriff’s Office evicted 25 households in the two weeks of June after the state reopened for business, more than double the monthly average over the previous six months.
Eviction Defense Gets Funding Boost Back in 2018, San Francisco voters passed the country’s first ballot measure requiring the universal right to counsel for tenants facing eviction. But the approved measure, known as Proposition F, didn’t immediately live up to its full promise, covering two-thirds of eligible tenants. About half of them received limited representation.…
San Franciscans on minimum wage need to work 4.9 jobs to make rent A report from the National Low Income Housing Coalition released Wednesday highlights how hard, if not impossible, living in San Francisco has become for those not bringing in three figure salaries. And even then, making rent isn’t easy.
Tenants Want Lasting Change With the end of a federal moratorium on evictions fast-approaching, some renters are looking beyond immediate relief funds for what they see as more lasting solutions to the U.S. affordable housing crisis. California has no recovery plan for Latinx immigrant tenants stripped of wealth in the pandemic It’s worrisome enough that…
Budget Victories for 2021 From Jennifer Friedenbach with Coalition on Homelessness: Our budget campaign “Our City, Our Budget” to house San Franciscans, keep San Franciscans housed, and protect the civil and human rights of those forced to remain on the streets, has come to fruition. Due to hard work and organizing, many historic victories were…