Job Opening: Director of Operations and Activism The SFTU prides itself on being a volunteer-driven organization where community members come together to define and advocate for their shared interests as tenants. The Director of Operations and Activism will support the volunteer-led committee system to function effectively, maintain the operations of the organization, and act as…
CDC Eviction Moratorium Blocked by Supreme Court The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued an order that extended the federal eviction moratorium through October 3, 2021, but the U.S. Supreme Court has blocked the order effective immediately. However, California still has an eviction ban for unpaid rent due to COVID through September 2021.
Rental Relief is Here – Apply Now! Emergency Rental Assistance Congress secured $46.5 billion to protect renters and landlords in the American Rescue Plan and last year’s year-end funding bill – including over $5 billion for California and over $182 million for San Francisco. If you are struggling to make rent due to the pandemic,…
Tenants Organize to Fight Landlord Harassment and Looming Evictions Elena Cruz is one of many tenants across California who have applied for and are anxiously awaiting rent relief, while bearing ongoing harassment and threats of eviction from her landlord. Her landlord has sent notes telling Cruz to pay the full debt now or get out,…
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…
Mayor Breed Under Pressure from the Supervisors Agrees to Prop I Funding for Rent Relief The pandemic and economic recession have left thousands of San Francisco tenants unable to pay their rent, a burden disproportionately carried by black and brown renters. At the same time, corporate landlords have amassed billions of dollars in wealth that…