New Interest Rate for Security Deposits Effective 3/1/24 The rate of interest owed on deposits for the period March 1, 2024 through February 28, 2025 is 5.2%. The rate of interest owed on deposits for the period March 1, 2023 through February 29, 2024 is 2.3%. Security deposits can sometimes be described as “move-in fees,”…
Endorsements for March 5, 2024 Election Superior Court Justice, Seat #1: Judge Michael Isaku Begert Superior Court Justice, Seat #13: Judge Patrick Thompson Judges Begert and Thompson are widely respected, broadly endorsed incumbents on San Francisco’s Superior Court. But billionaires are pouring hundreds of thousands of dollars to remake the SF judiciary. They are…
http://www.urbandisplacement.org/blog/rent-control-key-neighborhood-stabilization Post Date: Wednesday, September 9, 2015 Author: Miriam Zuk, Ph.D. Who ever thought rent control would be making a comeback after over 30 years? Especially in California, a state that essentially ended the ability of jurisdictions to apply strict rent controls with the passage of the Costa Hawkins Act in 1995. But lo…
Led by the San Francisco Tenants Union, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors voted unanimously in their final vote to reform owner move-in evictions (OMIs) to allow for enforcement by organizations such as the Tenants Union. Victims of fraud often are unable to enforce the law due to moving out of the area and lack…
The Tenants Union supports development if it provides inclusionary housing. Just building does not increase but actually decreases affordable housing. We oppose oppose Senate Bill 35 which was heard July 12, 2017 by the State Assembly.
Rent Increases, Chapter 7 “Banking” Past Annual Rent Increases > March 2016–February 2017 60.2% Hearing for Operating and Maintenance Expense Increase for Tenant > 1. Is all the documentation in the petition file? If bills, calculations, or letters are not included, you can access them at the Rent Board by making a document request (which…
The United Nations special rapporteur for housing, Leilani Farha, highlights the devastating human rights impact of society’s tendency to view houses as financial commodities rather than homes for people, in her report to the UN.
One out of four “owner move-in” evictions may be fraudulent according to NBC’s investigation. Help prevent this illegal loss of affordable housing by filling out our survey.
Read our article in the San Francisco Examiner about what you should know about warehouses and other illegal homes.
The San Francisco Supervisors could lose their progressive majority in November if we don’t support our progressive Supervisor candidates including Dean Preston and Kimberly Alvarenga.