Rent Relief
Here to Stay
by Zeph Fishlyn for SFADC 2021
Is your landlord pressuring you to leave? Are you behind on rent? You don’t have to move! There is help available.
Updated March 8, 2024
NOTE: Our remaining local COVID eviction protections expire August 29, 2023, but you still have rights! Eviction is always a legal process. There are free tenant rights clinics across the city here to help, and all San Francisco tenants facing an eviction are entitled to free legal representation.
If you receive any eviction papers (documents that contain words like “summons” or “complaint” or “unlawful detainer”), please contact legal@evictiondefense.org or 415-659-9184 as soon as possible, or visit the Eviction Defense Collaborative in-person at 976 Mission Street. Open Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday, 10-11:30AM and 1-2:30PM.
For help paying back rent, visit sferap.com. Learn more about eligibility requirements by visiting sf.gov/renthelp
If you or someone you know are being evicted from a shelter or living in a shelter with habitability violations, reach out to Shelter Client Advocates. You can contact them by phone (415)947-0797 or sca@evictiondefense.org For more information about their services, visit https://sfserviceguide.org/services/2219
The Coalition on Homelessness is monitoring encampments sweeps and you can find information on past and upcoming sweeps on their website.