I live in a house in San Francisco with three apartments, built before 1979. I’ve lived in my apartment for 10 years, I am 44 and…
I am a 25 year old woman who has been living in a rent-controlled apartment in a six unit building for about 1.5 years. My…
Tenants facing eviction rallied with San Francisco city supervisors on the steps of City Hall today in support of legislation introduced by Supervisor David Campos…
I had a chaotic experience the first time moving into an apartment. We were first told by the onsite manager that we got the apartment,…
I recently moved into a rent controlled building in SF. During the application process, an erroneous community judgement appeared on my credit report, and despite…
A group of housing rights advocates held a protest outside San Francisco’s Hall of Justice today to call on District Attorney George Gascon to file…
Several landlord and realtor groups filed two separate lawsuits against the city of San Francisco in Superior Court today to challenge two new laws intended…
I moved into the apartment I’m renting about six months ago. The building was constructed in the 1950’s and there are two apartment units in…
I have been looking for my own apartment in Oakland for several months, but I think my question would apply for San Francisco as well…
I am 26 years old and living in a four-unit three-story building in the Inner Richmond neighborhood of San Francisco. Two other roommates and I…
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors unanimously approved legislation today that gives tenants the opportunity to speak out against alleged harassment by their landlords. Tenants…
I live in Noe Valley SF in a rent controlled apartment. I have been at this apartment for four years. The lease is in my…
A San Francisco supervisor introduced legislation Tuesday that seeks to legalize what he said is a “shadow economy” of in-law units on residential properties in…
Can a landlord state a whole week 9:00am – 5:00pm to enter under California Civil Code Section 1954, 24-hour notice? For the first four days,…
Tenants being evicted or displaced from rental units in San Francisco came to City Hall today to tell their stories at a committee hearing of…
My wife and I (both in our 60s) rent a one bedroom apartment in a 12-unit building in lower Russian Hill, built in the 20’s. …
I am a 26-year-old female and have been living in an old Victorian apartment in a six unit building in Nob Hill for the past…
I have been the only tenant (master tenant) of my rent controlled studio apartment in San Francisco. I moved in alone in July 2009. The…
I live in a rent-controlled flat, where I have no written lease prohibiting subletting (I’ve lived here for 22 years). I don’t get along with the…
Nearly half of San Francisco’s renter population is living beyond their means, trying to stay afloat in an increasingly hostile rental market that shows only…
My husband and I live in a two-bedroom single-family home in San Francisco, a cottage built in 1922 (no in-law unit, no garage, just a…
I moved into my apartment in February 1, 1995 with my partner. At the time the building was co-owned by two families, The Os and…
In July, my wife and I moved out of a great roommate situation in San Francisco into our first apartment as a couple in Oakland’s…
I am a tenant in lower Nob Hill. My building is more than 50 years old. I live in a studio apartment that I signed…
I have lived in a 1905 era condo (that is, non rent controlled, but eviction controlled) for three years. My lease is up in October…
As we’re getting ready to move out of our house, the landlady is telling us that she doesn’t have a deposit to return to us…
I have an interesting one for you. I recently moved into a classic Victorian house with 4 other roommates in SF. We all have separate…
My roommate (master tenant) is moving out of our apartment on July 31st. She’s had rent control since 2007 and we are paying far under…
I live with two roommates in a flat in a late-1800’s Victorian in the Haight, 3 units total. The flat below us has been under…
My sister and I are original tenants for an apartment in a San Francisco 13-unit building built in the 1920’s. Our lease is now month…
Dear Dave, I like your column, you appear to be on the slightly radical side of liberal. 🙂 Last August you wrote: “Many tenants are…
I have a question about rent increases. My girlfriend and I live in a rent controlled 12-unit building in Nob Hill (built in 1907). We…
I live in a unicorn of an amazing SF apartment. We pay well below market rate for Pacific Heights for a flat that is part…
I live in a rent-controlled apartment and the landlord lives in the same building. My lease states that I’m the only allowed occupant and I…
