San Francisco

Jeremy

I am a 62 year old senior living with AIDS. After living in the heart of the Castro district in SF for four decades and in my apartment for over 18 years, I am going through the eviction process brought on by the new owners (real estate speculators)through the use of the Ellis Act and through no fault of my own. It is the owner's intention to renovate the building and resell it at a large profit.

Che

San Francisco public housing is not including Earned Income Disregard when they calculate the rents of residents who have a job, or training program. According to the law passed by Congress in 1999, every public housing resident over 18 yrs old is eligible for Earned Income Disregard, if they qualify. Therfore PHA residents in all cities and states, including San Francisco can have their income disregarded for up to one year at 100% of the income. This means your rent stays at the lower amount for 1 year, so PHA residents can save and become self sufficient.

Wartelle, Weaver & Schreiber

Our firm started in 1981 and focuses on tenant rights litigation, including wrongful evictions, affirmative habitability, including class actions. We also do some general real estate litigation. **This attorney is a member of the Tenant Lawyer Network of California (TLN). The TLN is a professional association of dues-paying tenant lawyers operated by Tenants Together. The TLN is not a lawyer referral service. TLN members do not share fees with TLN or Tenants Together or pay any referral fee.

Law Offices of J. Wallace Oman

This law firm represents tenants in all types of disputes with landlords, property managers, resident managers, and master tenants, in San Francisco, Oakland, Berkeley, Emeryville, Albany, and Alameda. Cases include: eviction defense, rent board cases, harassment, unlawful retaliation, tenancy buyouts, etc. Clients must have email or ready access to email. Principal Oman was legal services attorney for about 20 years. Initial consultations (2 hours: 1 hour to read papers and 1 hour face-to-face meeting) cost $125 if no existing lawsuit and $250 if lawsuit has been filed.

Jane

My landlord is the biggest wimp. He wont confront the neighbor's landlord to tell him that his tenants are very disruptive of the peace. Instead, he asked if we just wanted out of our lease. I feel like he should talk to the owner of the building next door to tell him to quiet his tenants. Nothing gets done, the neighbors are frightfully loud. I do believe there is no firewall between the structures. I want to call the fire dept to get it checked just so someone is doing something about the thin walls.

Chinatown Community Development Center

The Mission of the Chinatown Community Development Center is to build community and enhance the quality of life for San Francisco residents. We are a place-based community development organization serving primarily the Chinatown neighborhood, and also serve other areas including North Beach, Tenderloin, the Northern Waterfront, the Western Addition, Japantown, Polk Gulch, the Richmond, Civic Center and the South of Market area. We play the roles of neighborhood advocates, community organizers, planners, developers, and managers of affordable housing.

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