HOUSING RIGHTS COMMITTEE is a tenants rights organization that offers free counseling for San Francisco tenants in all types of housing, including rent-control, SROs, public housing and Section 8. We’ve been fighting for the rights of tenants since 1979 when a group of seniors at Old St. Mary’s Church came together to organize against condo conversions that were displacing the elderly. Housing Rights Committee counselors provide help to over 5,000 tenants a year, advising them on their rights as renters.

We offer both call-in and drop-in counseling Monday through Thursday, 1-5pm, 703-8644, 417 South Van Ness/15th. If you come into our office for counseling, you should bring proof of income (check stub, SSI card, food stamp card, benefits award letter, etc.), but no one will be turned away because they don’t have it. This does not apply if you call the office for counseling.

Our dedicated staff of volunteer counselors are trained to help tenants identify their options when they’re having problems with evictions or foreclosure of the place they’re living in, illegal rent increases, repair problems, the return of their security deposit, etc.

Housing Rights Committee is a membership organization. Our members make our voice strong and help us continue to support renters in need. Please make a donation to us today!