News and Views
December 30, 2008
If you think your landlord is crazy, you've got to see this!
Today Tenants Together proudly launches our exclusive "Worst Landlord in the World" series with anchor Rent McTenant of the Tenant News Network.
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December 29, 2008
Nevada City planner announces a plan to legalize second units that are currently illegal. The plan is part of an effort to meet the affordable housing quota mandated by the state.
December 27, 2008
Tenants of a Chino mobile home park who cannot afford to buy the land their homes sit on may be facing eviction.
December 25, 2008
Tenants of a Santa Monica apartment complex owned by a religious non-profit organization, Or Khaim Hashalom, won the right to stay in their homes for the next seven years. The tenants alleged that Or Khaim Hashalom intended to illegally evict them in order to rent the units to Jewish refugees from the Middle East.
December 24, 2008
Oakland city officials call on EMBUD and PG&E to wait 120 days before shutting off utilities in renter-occupied homes that have gone through a foreclosure.
December 21, 2008
The New York Times reports on a long tradition of an informal moratorium on evictions by the city marshals.
December 20, 2008
Tenants of a 45-unit condominium complex in Cloverdale might be facing eviction due to foreclosure.
December 18, 2008
The San Francisco Chronicle reports on the SF City Assessor's efforts to protect tenants from illegal evictions after foreclosure.
December 17, 2008
On Monday, December 15th a delegation from Tenants Together and East Palo Alto traveled to Sacramento to address the CalPERS Board of Administration raising the urgent issue of Page Mills Properties' deplorable conduct as a landlord in the city of East Palo Alto.
December 17, 2008
ABC 7 reports on the the San Francisco City Assessor's, Phil Ting's, efforts to help tenants affected by foreclosure.
December 17, 2008
The Palo Alto Daily News reports on the passing of a resolution by the East Palo Alto City Council. The resolution calls on CalPERS to stop Page Mill Properties predatory real estate practices in East Palo Alto.
December 17, 2008
Palo Alto online reports on a resolution passed by the East Palo Alto City Council calling on CalPERS to stop the predatory real estate practices of Page Mill Properties.
December 17, 2008
CBS 5 reports on San Francisco's efforts to protect tenants in foreclosed properties.
December 17, 2008
KGO reports on San Francisco's efforts to keep tenants in their homes in foreclosure situations.
December 17, 2008
KTVU reports on San Francisco's efforts to keep tenants in their homes after foreclosures.
December 17, 2008
KCBS reports on San Francisco's efforts to protect tenants from eviction after a foreclosure.
December 16, 2008
A group of convicted sex offenders may be evicted as a result of a bounced government check.
December 16, 2008
December 15, 2008
A Salinas family is living in a motel after an eviction from their East-Salinas apartment. The family is having a hard time finding a new place to live because the parents are currently unemployed.
December 14, 2008
Fannie Mae announced that it will allow renters to remain in foreclosed on properties and that it would be signing new month-to-month rental agreements with the tenants.