Eviction

FELIPE

WE WERE GIVEN A 60 DAY NOTICE DATED THE 14TH OF NOV. SENT THROUGH THE MAIL. THE DAY TO BE OUT IS THE 15TH.OF JAN. WE DIDN'T GET THE NOTICE UNTILL THE 22ND. OF NOV. WE HAVE LOOKED DILIGENTLY THROUGH THE HOLLIDAYS. AND THAT'S BESIDES MY WIFE HAVING A HEARTATACK 3 DATS BEFORE CHRISTMAS. NO ONE HAS CALLED BACK. WE HAVE NO WHERE TO GO! MY WIFE TRIED. TO CALL THE OWNER TO GIVE US MORE TIME. SHE SAID," NO!" SHE TOLD ME I WAS BEING UNREASONABLE. WE WERE TOLD THE NEW TENNENTS MOVING IN WERE NOT GOING TO MAKE NOISE. WE GAVE THE THEM 3 MONTHS TO MOVE IN AND STOP.

Paul

we had problems with a company in corona calif. illegal evictions and scare tactics , harrasment etc. i have a attorney working for us pro-bono and they have found many laws they have broke over the past.

Tony

I am 53 and have been on SSDI for over a decade. My landlord of eight years was informed of my disabilities prior to my moving into a 10 unit complex for seniors, handicap, and disabled tenants.

Robert

It has been heart breaking to see many friends of mine in the artistic community dislodged by Ellis Act eviction, many who are seniors and have had their homes for decades. One friend who has been in his apartment for almost 35 years is a senior on a fixed income and with no resources. He has many shelves of books and memorabilia that had will not be able to move (as he has no money to move anyway). None of the other tenants in his building want to go either, but one by one they are giving up the fight, choosing to move out of San Francisco entirely.

Terri

I was a tenant in foreclosed house that had habitability issues. The new owners (investors) came in and agreed to fix everything within a reasonable fair amount of time. They did however agree to fix the plumbing issues right away. I signed a lease with them that included they were going to fix the plumbing issues. I gave them rent and waited 45 days of promise after promise. No working kitchen sink made the house uninhabitable. I found the legal grounds to withhold rent and notified the new owner that I was exercising my rights under civil codes.

carol

I am going to court on Dec.20 which means if i loose i will be put out in the street on Christmas day.I am disabled and have no family in CA to help me.Leagal aid wrote up my response for the unlawful detainer and had my court fees waived, but then they said we can't go to court with you they didn't even know the date yet but said they had no one available to go with me. I went to my first tenants together meeting last mth and they helped me alot and i'm going on the 19th but i don't think they will have anyone to go to court with me i called them and then missed their callback.

mary

I have been living here for ten years. Eight years ago I was not able to pay rent for two months because my exhusband did not pay child support. I am disabled because of various circumstances the most notable being a survivor of a closed head injury. This is how I pay my rent. I had been trying to work most of my life but I keep getting fired because I do not filter as well as some people. Anyways my landlord said he wants his house back and served me with a sixty day notice. I paid him the back rent as soon as I was served but he wants me out now.

J

In 2007, our landlord attempted to evict us by raising our rent 500%, thinking that we would just leave. The SF Tenants Union gave us the tools we needed to go forth and fight this illegal increase. The Rent Board sided with us. But, after continued legal harassment (3 separate legal actions) by our landlord, two years later he got us out on the Ellis Act during settlement. This time of our lives was stressful for me, my partner and my teen aged children (who were also named in the lawsuit and verbally harassed in our home).

laura

Santa Monica City Attorney's advise, City Council and the Rent Control Board vote "illegally" to convert 38 rent controlled Apartments in a residential zone into a full-scale hotel with valet parking and restaurant.

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