Luxury Project Blocked by Progressive Supes The progressive San Francisco Supervisors blocked a huge luxury housing project in SOMA. The more conservative Supervisors Safai and Stefani were joined by Supervisor Haney who is running for California District 17 Assembly with the support of the building trade and at least some YIMBYs. The debate shows city…
DetailsSued for Pandemic Rent Debt? Here’s What You Need to Know Information from our allies Housing Rights Committee of San Francisco: If your landlord has filed a suit in small claims court to recover rent debt from 3/2020 through 10/2021, check out this Public Press article with tips from Eviction Defense Collaborative and other tenant…
Details“No-Fault” Eviction Ban (Except Ellis Act) Through 2021 For evictions other than non-payment of rent, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors passed Ord. No. 210963, which was an extension of previous legislation, that prohibits the eviction of residential tenants through 2021, unless the eviction is based on the non-payment of rent (in which case the nonpayment…
DetailsStay Housed by Facing Down the Eviction Wave https://www.sfpublicpress.org/how-sf-renters-can-face-down-the-eviction-wave-and-stay-housed ‘Pay or quit’ notice To begin the eviction process for rent due during the pandemic, a landlord must send a tenant a “pay or quit” notice, giving them at least three days to pay what is owed — or move out. When a tenant gets the…
DetailsJob 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…
DetailsCDC 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.
DetailsRental 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,…
DetailsTenants 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,…
DetailsEvictions 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.
DetailsEviction 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.…
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