March 16, 2017 By Lita Blanc and Susan Solomon The housing crisis for San Francisco teachers and para-educators is bad and it’s getting worse. But that doesn’t mean that to address it we should upend years of affordable-housing policy that’s invaluable to the families we serve. That is why we are troubled by the latest […]
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Keep 100-Year-Old Iris Canada in her home!
EVICTION = ELDER ABUSE: Tell Sheriff Hennessy NOT to evict our beloved elder! Yesterday, Judge Robertson ordered Sheriff Hennessy to evict Ms. Iris Canada anytime without notice. This order could cause serious harm and even death, since Iris is in fragile health. Imagine if you were 100 years old and knew the sheriff could come […]
First They Came For Our Homes… Together We Fight Back!
Art, Music, Creative Action for Housing Justice October 27th 6-7:30pm Meet at 24th BART Station, SF (be there before 6:30, the festivities will be mobile) Join the San Francisco Anti-Displacement Coalition, Coalition on Homelessness, housed and unhoused residents, friends and neighbors in saying YES to Homes for All and NO to realtor-backed and hate-filled propositions […]
#NoOnPU! Realtor-Backed Measures Stink!
The California Association of Realtors and San Francisco Association of Realtors brought us the Ellis Act and Costa-Hawkins, legislation used to displace thousands of tenants. Now they’re trying to bring us Prop P and U, two more damaging measures for affordable housing. Vote #NoOnPU! These measures stink! For more information, visit: http://www.housingforwardsf.com/no_on_p_u
RENTER’S DAY OF ACTION – Sept 22!
On September 22nd, 2016, join San Francisco housing groups in the National Renters Day of Action to declare a Renter State of Emergency and take to the streets to demand an end to rising rents, evictions and gentrification! Now more than ever housing is unaffordable for millions of people. Rents nationwide are higher than they have been […]
Dump the Density Bonus Plan
STOP THE DESTRUCTION OF OUR NEIGHBORHOODS! #StopBonusPlan The “Affordable Housing Density Bonus Program” threatens the future of thousands of residents and small businesses. We must stop this monster and demand affordable development without displacement!
Our Eviction Law Needs an Upgrade Now
The SF Board of Supervisors is now considering legislation that would substantially increase protections against evictions. Eviction Protections 2.0 would address and correct loopholes in the rent control ordinance that result in the evictions of hundreds of tenants each year (see our previous report on this page). The real experiences of tenants best explains […]
Eviction Crisis 2015: Trends, Impacts, Real Stories
San Francisco’s Eviction Crisis 2015: A Report by SFADC From the report: “San Francisco’s housing and affordability crisis has been bad for years but new data and reports from the field show that it about to get even worse. New data from the Rent Board shows that efforts to evict tenants are reaching levels not […]
Tenant Fair
Knowledge is Power: How to Stay in Your Home- A day of workshops and information for tenants across SF. Workshops will be in English, Spanish and Cantonese. Saturday at 10:00am – 4:00pm Tenderloin Neighborhood School, 627 Turk St
What Would Harvey Do?
Supervisor Harvey Milk was a forward-thinking, progressive person, and this carried over to the legislation he backed as a district supervisor in the Castro. He was committed to ensuring that everyone in the city had a voice and that those who had more money would not have undue influence on San Francisco. Shortly before his […]
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