New study challenges Wiener’s approach to housing Eminent economic geographers say that deregulation and upzoning will make gentrification in cities like SF much worse. By Tim Redmond – May 12, 2019 Pretty much everybody who’s paying attention to the housing crisis in San Francisco – except, apparently, the Chronicle – is talking about the new…
Senate Bill 529, our right to organize bill, PASSED the Senate Judiciary Committee 6-2 April 23, 2019! We’re waiting for the hearing date, but the next committee will be Appropriations. This is going to be a pretty big hurdle, and we’ll need all the help we can get from you all to blitz the committee…
https://48hills.org/2019/04/landlord-scams/ Activists warn of a new landlord scam: Seismic upgrade evictions Hearing on Telegraph Hill building sheds light on a potential threat to thousands of SF renters. By Tim Redmond – April 21, 2019 A relatively obscure hearing at the Board of Appeals this week shed some important light on the preservation of rental housing…
Thanks to strong advocacy and organizing by tenants, as well as a great deal of concern voiced by the San Francisco Supervisors, it appears that we will now have two experienced tenants rights lawyers to represent us on the Rent Board Commission. This couldn’t be more important in San Francisco right now, given the continuing…
Vallie Brown has received more than 8 times the amount of donations from the real estate industry compared to Dean Preston. They are both running for San Francisco Supervisor District 5 in the November 2019 election. Could this be why Vallie Brown has been supporting Senate Bill 50, which we oppose because SB 50 would…
http://www.urbandisplacement.org/blog/rent-control-key-neighborhood-stabilization Post Date: Wednesday, September 9, 2015 Author: Miriam Zuk, Ph.D. Who ever thought rent control would be making a comeback after over 30 years? Especially in California, a state that essentially ended the ability of jurisdictions to apply strict rent controls with the passage of the Costa Hawkins Act in 1995. But lo…
Led by the San Francisco Tenants Union, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors voted unanimously in their final vote to reform owner move-in evictions (OMIs) to allow for enforcement by organizations such as the Tenants Union. Victims of fraud often are unable to enforce the law due to moving out of the area and lack…
The Tenants Union supports development if it provides inclusionary housing. Just building does not increase but actually decreases affordable housing. We oppose oppose Senate Bill 35 which was heard July 12, 2017 by the State Assembly.
Rent Increases, Chapter 7 “Banking” Past Annual Rent Increases > March 2016–February 2017 60.2% Hearing for Operating and Maintenance Expense Increase for Tenant > 1. Is all the documentation in the petition file? If bills, calculations, or letters are not included, you can access them at the Rent Board by making a document request (which…
The United Nations special rapporteur for housing, Leilani Farha, highlights the devastating human rights impact of society’s tendency to view houses as financial commodities rather than homes for people, in her report to the UN.