Sued 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…
“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…
Stay 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…
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,…
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…