Nine tenants were left homeless by another fire that damaged an apartment building in the Mission district about 17 days ago. There’s been a rash of them. This 2-alarm fire took 66 firefighters about an hour and a half to put out. A SFGATE article noted that the fire...
Imagine you lived in a place where you didn’t speak the language fluently. How would you enter into a legal agreement like a lease while being careful about your own interests? I’ve always advocated that you should be an informed tenant. But it becomes much more...
You get a letter from your landlord in the mail or find one stuck to your door. With a sick stomach, you read that it’s a notice to terminate your tenancy. It looks official. The letter my clients recently received from their landlord was just like that. It even said,...
A few of my clients rent all or part of their homes through short-term rental companies like Airbnb. They say it’s a good way to supplement their income, especially if they live in desirable neighborhoods like the Mission, Haight, or South of Market. As I have written...
Neil Hutchinson is my client. His landlord increased his rent from $1,800 to $8,000 per month. That’s a rent increase of more than 400%. In all my years as an attorney fighting for tenants, I have never seen such a steep rent hike. Neil lives in an apartment in North...
Are you increasing your chances being evicted by renting your home to short-term tenants from places like Airbnb? If you a tenant and you are not following your lease, you could be making it easy for the landlord to evict you. A game changer The vote by the San...
