http://sfappeal.com/2013/04/tenant-troubles-my-landlord-died-am-i-about-to-lose-my-apartment/ SF Appeal: San Francisco's Online Newspaper Sun, 06 May 2018 15:59:00 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.9.24 http://sfappeal.com/2013/04/tenant-troubles-my-landlord-died-am-i-about-to-lose-my-apartment/#comment-20797 Sat, 11 May 2013 00:12:00 +0000 http://sfappeal.com/?p=47387#comment-20797 You’re not monsters so much as skill-less idiots who’d be out panhandling if their mommies and daddies hadn’t left them huge estates in their wills.

]]> http://sfappeal.com/2013/04/tenant-troubles-my-landlord-died-am-i-about-to-lose-my-apartment/#comment-15710 Sat, 11 May 2013 00:12:00 +0000 http://sfappeal.com/?p=47387#comment-15710 You’re not monsters so much as skill-less idiots who’d be out panhandling if their mommies and daddies hadn’t left them huge estates in their wills.

]]> http://sfappeal.com/2013/04/tenant-troubles-my-landlord-died-am-i-about-to-lose-my-apartment/#comment-20796 Tue, 30 Apr 2013 04:01:00 +0000 http://sfappeal.com/?p=47387#comment-20796 Because otherwise no one would build a new building.

]]> http://sfappeal.com/2013/04/tenant-troubles-my-landlord-died-am-i-about-to-lose-my-apartment/#comment-15602 Tue, 30 Apr 2013 04:01:00 +0000 http://sfappeal.com/?p=47387#comment-15602 Because otherwise no one would build a new building.

]]> http://sfappeal.com/2013/04/tenant-troubles-my-landlord-died-am-i-about-to-lose-my-apartment/#comment-20795 Mon, 29 Apr 2013 20:10:00 +0000 http://sfappeal.com/?p=47387#comment-20795 Something I’ve always wondered – If rent control is a much needed thing in SF to keep rents down etc. Why does it only apply to buildings built before 79? Surely if rent control is the only thing keeping SF diverse, it should apply to every building.

]]> http://sfappeal.com/2013/04/tenant-troubles-my-landlord-died-am-i-about-to-lose-my-apartment/#comment-15601 Mon, 29 Apr 2013 20:10:00 +0000 http://sfappeal.com/?p=47387#comment-15601 Something I’ve always wondered – If rent control is a much needed thing in SF to keep rents down etc. Why does it only apply to buildings built before 79? Surely if rent control is the only thing keeping SF diverse, it should apply to every building.

]]> http://sfappeal.com/2013/04/tenant-troubles-my-landlord-died-am-i-about-to-lose-my-apartment/#comment-20794 Sun, 28 Apr 2013 23:14:00 +0000 http://sfappeal.com/?p=47387#comment-20794 To be “well below market rate” these days means anything from, I’ve had the place since the 70s, and the rent is $237/month to I’m still paying twice what people paid for the same unit back in 2003, but 2/3 of what it would go for on craigslist this month.

]]> http://sfappeal.com/2013/04/tenant-troubles-my-landlord-died-am-i-about-to-lose-my-apartment/#comment-15598 Sun, 28 Apr 2013 23:14:00 +0000 http://sfappeal.com/?p=47387#comment-15598 To be “well below market rate” these days means anything from, I’ve had the place since the 70s, and the rent is $237/month to I’m still paying twice what people paid for the same unit back in 2003, but 2/3 of what it would go for on craigslist this month.

]]> http://sfappeal.com/2013/04/tenant-troubles-my-landlord-died-am-i-about-to-lose-my-apartment/#comment-20793 Sun, 28 Apr 2013 06:29:00 +0000 http://sfappeal.com/?p=47387#comment-20793 I feel like you’re oversimplifying this. I lived in Boston, where landlords successfully overturned rent control laws, arguing they’re what kept rent prices so high. Problem is, after rent control went away, rents shot up in apartments people were living in, thousands of residents were forced out, and rents to this day remain sky-high, virtually on par with San Francisco. Boston also has a much higher percentage of corporate owned apartment buildings than SF. I don’t see rent control laws being why rent prices are high, or why we’d have more corporate landlords.

]]> http://sfappeal.com/2013/04/tenant-troubles-my-landlord-died-am-i-about-to-lose-my-apartment/#comment-15597 Sun, 28 Apr 2013 06:29:00 +0000 http://sfappeal.com/?p=47387#comment-15597 I feel like you’re oversimplifying this. I lived in Boston, where landlords successfully overturned rent control laws, arguing they’re what kept rent prices so high. Problem is, after rent control went away, rents shot up in apartments people were living in, thousands of residents were forced out, and rents to this day remain sky-high, virtually on par with San Francisco. Boston also has a much higher percentage of corporate owned apartment buildings than SF. I don’t see rent control laws being why rent prices are high, or why we’d have more corporate landlords.

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