I’m a 31-year-old female who has been living in the same apartment since August 2011. My apartment was a two bed/two bath unit in a…
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…
Readers: This is a question I received last night with a plea for a quick response, as the reader has to answer his landlord in…
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…
My building is two units over a garage and storage space. Originally, the basement was divided 50/50 between apartments but apparently the landlord didn’t give…
Is there some type of seven-year rule that benefits landlords if they do not raise the rent for seven years and then increase it all…
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…
I’m the master tenant in my three-bedroom apartment. Me and one other roommate are unhappy with the third roommate for a number of reasons I…
I live in San Francisco in a four unit rent-controlled building (currently a TIC). I’ve lived here for a couple of years (had a one…
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 recently came across this post from 2011. I’m facing a similar situation (though haven’t gotten to the stage of asking my landlord yet, just…
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…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
We have lived in our rented house for two years and five months. We signed a year lease for the first two years, but as…
I am the subtenant in a 2-bedroom house in the Sunset. I moved here about a year ago paying month-to-month and had no written lease…
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 am a subtenant in an apartment that is not rent-controlled. I moved in on June 1, 2012. I moved in with a roommate who…
All the websites discuss the SF Rent Control stuff about when your building was built, condo or single family home, etc. But I can never…
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…
What are my rights in regard to Open Houses/viewings of my apartment when my building is for sale? My situation: I live in a 4-unit…
I live in a pre-1979 apartment in a building that includes six units. We signed a one year lease on June 1st and our deposit…
I have lived in the same building for 5 years. It was built in 1913, has 64 units, and is a tax credit building. I…
