Per the New York Times, landlords are getting so out of hand back east that New York City officials plan to publicly post names of landlords found to have harassed their tenants in hopes of “shaming” them into following the law. Sadly, it has come to this…
Proposed Legislation Would Shine Light on the Dark and Murky World of San Francisco Buyouts
Sup. David Campos introduced legislation that to would require landlords to notify tenants of their rights 45 days prior to initiating buyout negotiations and notify the San Francisco Rent Board that a buyout occurred. This would bring minimal regulations to the practice of tenant buyouts, which are currently the wild west of San Francisco landlord-tenant […]
SF Landlords Sue City to Prevent Increase in Ellis Act Relocation Payments
A group of landlords has sued the City of San Francisco challenging the constitutionality of the new ordinance increasing Ellis Act relocation payments. The suit is in federal court because the landlords are claiming that the increased payments amount to an unconstitutional “taking” in violation of the Fifth Amendment. They have asked the court for […]
Granting an Ellis-Evicted Tenant an Ownership Interest?
Here’s a very interesting development in Urban Green’s Ellis Act eviction of 98 year-old Mary Phillips: Urban Green will grant Ms. Phillips a life estate, essentially making her an owner (with no right to transfer the interest to any heirs) and therefore immune to eviction. Randy Shaw (of Beyond Chron and the Tenderloin Housing Clinic) […]
Landlording is a Business….You Need to Know What You are Doing
Being someone’s landlord is not the same thing as simply owning a stock or a bond — you need to know what you are doing.
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