As a teenager in the 1980s, growing up within a family heavily involved with San Francisco apartment buildings, I was taught that the Rent Board was a forum of tenant advocacy, a place where owners were demonized, and an administrative body with secret rulings and procedures. In essence, the property owners would often term it a
My building is going be foreclosed. What is my responsibility to my tenants after the bank takes control of the building? Do I need to warn them before the building is taken? Many apartment buildings in San Francisco are being transferred to banks and other financial institutions as a result of the dire economy. In January
Tenants Secure Passage of Law Limiting Owner’s Ability to Take Away Services and Amenities Effective July 27, 2006, the San Francisco rent law is amended to provide that a landlord may not take away a tenant’s use of garage facilities, parking facilities, driveways, storage areas, laundry rooms, decks, patios, or garden access without “just cause.”