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You Still Don’t Have To Move! CA Tenant Protections & Debt Relief
Información en Español. 中文信息. Can’t pay rent due to pandemic-related income loss? YOU STILL DON’T HAVE TO MOVE!!! Tenant protections and details on applying for CA renter debt relief funds below! Reach out to us if you are facing harassment or eviction, or if you need help interpreting these new protections. Printable updated details and declarations in English, Spanish and Chinese can be found here. Please give them to your friends, family and neighbors! For rent due September 2020 – June 2021, State laws AB 3088 and SB 91 lay out specific processes that both you and the landlord … (click for more)
A QUICK AND EASY GUIDE TO THE RIGHTS OF SAN FRANCISCO TENANTS DURING THE COVID-19 CRISIS
SCROLL DOWN TO “CITY AND STATE RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS” FOR INFO ON THE CITY AND STATE RENTAL RELIEF PROGRAMS, WHICH ARE NOW ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS. Tenant protections for those affected by COVID-19 now exist on three levels — the local, state and federal. Here’s a quick guide to what your rights are as a tenant affected by COVID-19. NOTE: this guide only applies to San Francisco tenants. If you live outside SF, contact Tenants Together. PLEASE NOTE : For the latest updates, watch this site or call one of our counseling lines (415-703-8644 or 415-947-9085). WHAT IF I CAN’T PAY RENT SEPTEMBER 2020- JUNE 2021? … (click for more)
Important Updates & HRCSF Offices Temporarily Closed in Response to COVID-19
Dearest Community, This last week has been trying for many of us, at the Housing Rights Committee of SF the health and safety of our community is of utmost importance. Which is why we are closing our offices until further notices and doing our part to stop the spread of COVID-19. We believe that physical distancing and social solidarity are both needed at this time which is why we are not distancing ourselves from our commitments to tenants in SF and will continue to provide the necessary services that keep thousands in their homes. We will still be providing services in … (click for more)
#76toSF Campaign
Op-ed by Amina Rubio & Susan Marsh (originally published 1/20/2020 in the SF Examiner – detailing tenants efforts to push Veritas to sell its buildings to the city or a non-speculative entity. To clarify: tenants do not have to move just because their building is for sale! They have the right to stay in their homes under their existing rental agreements, to organize and to fight landlord harassment intended to push them out so owners can jack the rents to market rate. Contact HRCSF for more details on your rights.) Veritas Should Sell Its Buildings to The City or a … (click for more)