“Don’t make me homeless again.” That’s a heartbreaking plea from a client who said it to me when we were talking about the best way to fight her eviction. This fear, which could happen, keeps me fighting for my clients. Some clients have few options if they are...
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. ...
