Many of my clients are confused about what an eviction really is. They have received unofficial notices, “casual” chats, and many other such attempts by landlords to get them to move. These type of maneuvers aren’t evictions. I don’t want you or any tenant to be...
It seems like a lot of fires are happening in the Mission District. Some of these tenants will face the equivalent of an eviction. If this happens to you, what are your rights? I’ve handled a number of cases involving fire, and I’ve seen the devastating effect it has...
Evictions are a hot topic among tenants. And rightly so. The fear is that once you get evicted, you won’t be able to find another affordable home in the Bay Area. I wrote in my last blog about the City of Oakland’s effort to answer the question about how to provide...
As most tenants know, it’s been a tough year to be a tenant in San Francisco. The news covering landlord/tenant evictions has been extensive. We have heard stories after stories in the media of tenants suffering hardship. Now the annual statistics from the San...
As I mentioned in my last blog, my clients are receiving more and more eviction notices that do not even marginally follow the Rent Ordinance rules. It’s a legal action An eviction notice is a legal action. The law dictates what needs to be in an eviction notice. ...
“All the renters I know are living in fear,” said Derrick Tynan-Connolly in the March 9th, 2016 New York Times. He noted, “If your landlord dies, if your landlord sells the building, if you get evicted under the Ellis Act and you have to move, you’re gone. There’s no...
