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Rival condo conversion measures finally up for board vote
Tenants groups and Sup. Chiu, Kim, and Yee announce a condo conversion compromise in April.Rebecca BoweControversial condominium conversion lottery bypass legislation is finally headed for a vote by...
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The myth of a pro-tenant city
Scott James, whiner.There are always bad tenants. Always will be. Human interactions are imperfect, and renting out a room in your flat or a flat under your apartment to a stranger is always a bit of a...
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Everyone but Mayor Lee sees SF's worsening "housing affordability crisis"
Homes should be for sale in San Francisco, but the city of San Francisco shouldn't be for sale.There was a clear theme that ran through yesterday’s Board of Supervisors meeting from beginning to end,...
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Rent Board Commissioner called a bad landlord, sued for $125,000 in damages
San Francisco renter Deborah Silverman has found herself in a kind of mousetrap. Silverman says she was driven out of her apartment of more than 10 years because of a mouse infestation caused by the...
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Mayor Lee responds to political furor with more funding to fight evictions
This map of Ellis Act evictions in San Francisco was circulated by the Guardian and other starting in April.We’re not sure whether it was the high-profile recent protests against the eviction of the...
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Tenant groups propose sweeping package to ease the "eviction epidemic"
Longtime progressive activist Ernestine Weiss was among the attendees at our "Housing for Whom?" forum last night.Tenant advocates today proposed a sweeping set of legislative proposals to address what...
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A radical proposal: Squat Airbnb hosts' homes to create affordable housing
Airbnb offers lots of neighborhoods and amenities for San Francisco's homeless to choose from.When I interviewed attorney Joseph Tobener for the story in our current issue on Airbnb being used to take...
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Is Airbnb's day of reckoning in SF on its way?
Airbnb facilitates short-term stays all over San Francisco, most of which violate local laws.The San Francisco City Attorney’s Office is finally preparing to take action against the illegal short-term...
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Leno's Ellis Act reform bill clears first legislative hurdle
Sen. Mark LenoSen. Mark Leno’s Senate Bill 1439 — which would protect rent-controlled housing in San Francisco by amending the Ellis Act, including making property owners wait at least five years after...
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Lawsuits go after SF landlords doing illegal short-term apartment rentals
Airbnb was flagrantly defying city laws and taxes when we wrote "Into Thin Air" in August, but the crackdown has begunThe San Francisco City Attorney’s Office today filed a pair of lawsuits against...
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SF bankers now exporting tenant-displacing TIC loans
Banker and mayoral appointee Stephen Adams is now exporting fractional TIC home loans to communities outside San Francisco.You Tube/AREAA-SFFractional mortgage loans used to convert apartments into...
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Landlord plaintiff in eviction fee case has history of tenant law violations
The Eviction Free Summer of activism and housing reform legislation is now transitioning into courtroom battles.Joe Fitzgerald RodriguezSan Francisco landlord attorneys filed a lawsuit on Thursday...
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Rising tenant buyouts in SF targeted by new legislation and map
A new interactive map published today by the Anti Eviction Mapping Project shows the spike in tenancy buyouts over the last year in San Francisco, just in time to raise awareness for Sup. David Campos’...
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