Owner move-in fraud occurs when an owner of a residential property in a rent control jurisdiction in the Bay Area, typically San Francisco, Oakland or Berkeley, gives a notice of eviction to a tenant and evicts a tenant falsely stating that the dominant motive of their eviction is to physically move into the rental unit […]
How Wrongful Eviction Lawyers Prove Your Case
To establish a tenant’s wrongful eviction case, we interview the tenant to get the facts of the case and conduct our own investigation of the property and the landlord. We often hire a private investigator to determine where the landlord really lives and who is living in the property. When appropriate, we hire a private […]
Landlord Retaliation
What type of retaliatory conduct from my landlord could result in a lawsuit? There are several scenarios when landlord retaliation is actionable. For example, if a tenant complains about a habitability issue, such as something is broken, and the landlord refuses to fix it and chooses to evict the tenant instead. Another type of retaliation […]
Capital Improvement Evictions
A capital improvement eviction is a temporary eviction where a landlord is either required to, or desires to, make substantial improvements to a tenant-occupied building. The tenants may be evicted while that construction is taking place and the tenant is presumed to be able to return to their home as soon as the construction is […]
Common grounds for wrongful eviction lawsuits in Oakland
The Oakland Rent Ordinance has enumerated just causes for eviction, wherein the landlord may be able to evict you legally. For example, if you don’t pay your rent, if you have pets in breach of your lease, if you are a nuisance to other tenants or if you are using your unit for some illegal […]