New Tenant Eviction Protections
The San Francisco Supervisors passed new tenant eviction protections which now await the Mayor’s decision. In a battle for election, Christensen is pressured into voting for tenants.
Harassment Case Against Landlord by City Attorney
The San Francisco City Attorney is suing Anna Kihagi (who varies the spelling of her name) for a pattern of unlawful business practices that include waging “a war of harassment, intimidation, and retaliation” against tenants in order to force them from their rent-controlled homes.
Eviction Protections 2.0
The Board of Supervisors vote on the Eviction Protections 2.0 on September 22, 2015. The legislation was divided into two parts. One part of the legislation includes everything including the rights of tenants regarding roommates (supported by Supervisor Kim and Cohen, objected by Supervisor Wiener). However, the second part of the legislation contains everything else…
DetailsNew Handbooks Are Here!
The new (September 2015) 17th Edition of the San Francisco Tenants Union Tenants Rights handbooks are in! Get the latest updates on your rights.
The Problem with the Mission Moratorium Report
Tim Redmond of 48 hills explains the flaws in the politically biased report by the city’s economist that inaccurately claims the negative effects of a temporary moratorium on building luxury housing in the Mission District of San Francisco. Read about the problems in the report here.
Turning Housing into Hotels
The East Bay Express explains in their September 16, 2015 cover article “Turning Housing into Hotels” the problems with Airbnb and other vacation rentals.
The Proliferation of Vacation Rentals
The number of vacation rentals in San Francisco that reduce affordable housing stock might surprise you.
Airbnb Horror Story
Airbnb guest was sexually assaulted after Airbnb refused to assist the guest. Since Ron Conway, a major investor in Airbnb, contributes a lot of money to local political candidates, you can support candidates not funded by Airbnb (such as Aaron Peskin) and measures to stop the abuses by Airbnb.
DetailsDid progressives cause the housing crisis? (Um, no…)
Gabriel Metcalf, Director of San Francisco Planning and Urban Research Association (SPUR), claims progressives caused the housing crisis. Tim Redmond explains why this isn’t true in his article on www.48hills.org.
New Ellis Act Rental Payment Differential Not Enforced
An amendment to the relocation payment providing a rental payment differential is not currently being enforced by the City of San Francisco because the City believes the new rental payment differential is included in the ruling of Levin v. City and County of San Francisco.
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