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Affordable Housing

Herrera secures $245,000 settlement from Lem-Ray Properties for discriminating against low-income tenants

November 1, 2019November 1, 2019 by S.F. City Attorney's Press Office
Lem-Ray and Chuck Post have been forced to halt their illegal practice of refusing to accept Section 8 vouchers

Categories Affordable Housing, News, Tenants

Herrera secures $1.2 million from rogue developer for gaming permit system

July 29, 2019 by S.F. City Attorney's Press Office
Settlement with real estate developer Ashok Gujral is a warning to other house flippers tempted to flout the law

Categories Affordable Housing, Illegal Businesses, Land Use, Neighborhood Protection, NewsTags Ashok Gujral, developer, house flip, permits

Herrera secures $3.3 million from affordable housing cheats, sues two more

December 6, 2018December 6, 2018 by S.F. City Attorney's Press Office
City Attorney Dennis Herrera at a City Hall press conference
City enforcement has so far returned 21 homes to their intended purpose — providing affordable housing to San Franciscans who need it

Categories Affordable Housing, News

Appellate court upholds $2.7 million judgment against notorious landlord Kihagi

December 4, 2018December 4, 2018 by S.F. City Attorney's Press Office
Herrera calls decision a ‘victory for San Francisco tenants’

Categories Affordable Housing, Kihagi, News, Tenants

Herrera shutters illegal Airbnb hotel where party became gunfight

November 19, 2018November 20, 2018 by S.F. City Attorney's Press Office
The owners will pay $185,000 in civil penalties and be barred from any short-term rentals of the Bernal Heights property for five years

Categories Affordable Housing, Code Enforcement, News, Public Safety

Herrera secures $2.25 million from scofflaw property owners over illegal Airbnb rentals

November 5, 2018November 5, 2018 by S.F. City Attorney's Press Office
“The court forcefully affirmed San Francisco’s interest in protecting public health, and repeatedly emphasized the likelihood that the sugary soda lobby’s case would fall flat,” City Attorney Dennis Herrera said.
Owners also barred from short-term rentals on any of their properties until May 2025

Categories Affordable Housing, Code Enforcement, News, Tenants

San Francisco and other local governments back Santa Monica’s short-term rental law

May 23, 2018May 23, 2018 by S.F. City Attorney's Press Office
Santa Monica’s common sense regulations ensure online businesses don’t have an unfair advantage

Categories Affordable Housing, News

Herrera secures $620,000 from landlords who housed tenants in unsafe, dungeon-like basement

May 17, 2018May 17, 2018 by S.F. City Attorney's Press Office
Settlements include protections to prevent tenant exploitation after about two dozen tenants were found living in an underground firetrap

Categories Affordable Housing, Code Enforcement, News

Herrera sues owners of illegal hotel in Bernal Heights where party became gunfight

May 16, 2018May 16, 2018 by S.F. City Attorney's Press Office
Owners living in Bali turned the house into illegal short-term rental hotel; party there devolved into a 100-round shootout that terrified the neighborhood

Categories Affordable Housing, News

Herrera pursues $5.5 million penalty from scofflaw owners over illegal Airbnb rentals

May 1, 2018May 1, 2018 by S.F. City Attorney's Press Office
City Attorney Dennis Herrera at a City Hall press conference
Brazen property owners defied the law, turned 14 homes into an illicit hotel chain in the midst of San Francisco’s housing crisis

Categories Affordable Housing, News

Herrera wins victory for low-income tenants

April 12, 2018 by S.F. City Attorney's Press Office
Deputy City Attorneys Sara Eisenberg and Brad Russi discuss litigation strategy after winning a key procedural ruling on March 22, 2016.
Appellate court upholds SF law that prevents discrimination against Section 8 renters; Lembi-affiliated landlord, real estate broker must accept federal housing vouchers

Categories Affordable Housing, Consumer Protection, Defending S.F. Laws, News, Tenants

Herrera settles with landlords who crammed veterans into illegal and unsafe housing

February 12, 2018February 12, 2018 by S.F. City Attorney's Press Office
Landlords will pay $2 million, make buildings compliant with safety codes and fund housing placement for tenants who would have been displaced

Categories Affordable Housing, News

Herrera cracks down on affordable housing fraudster

August 23, 2017September 22, 2017 by S.F. City Attorney's Press Office
“The court forcefully affirmed San Francisco’s interest in protecting public health, and repeatedly emphasized the likelihood that the sugary soda lobby’s case would fall flat,” City Attorney Dennis Herrera said.
City Attorney continues push to stop affordable housing cheats and ensure homes go to those who need them

Categories Affordable Housing, Code Enforcement, News

Herrera pursues restitution and penalties from landlord who kept 20 tenants in firetrap basement

August 22, 2017September 22, 2017 by S.F. City Attorney's Press Office
Senior, 12-year-old girl among those who lived in warren of illegal units in former garage with no windows and one exit

Categories Affordable Housing, Code Enforcement

Judge boosts penalties to $2.7 million in final ruling on ruthless landlord

May 24, 2017September 11, 2018 by S.F. City Attorney's Press Office
With final court decision, Anne Kihagi must immediately comply with a broad injunction that will transfer her property operations to a city-approved manager

Categories Affordable Housing, News

Herrera busts two affordable housing cheats

May 11, 2017September 22, 2017 by S.F. City Attorney's Press Office
Groundbreaking enforcement to ensure affordable housing goes to those who need it

Categories Affordable Housing, News

Herrera to get evictions voided, win $2.4 million judgment against notorious landlord

May 3, 2017September 22, 2017 by S.F. City Attorney's Press Office
Court rules against abusive landlord on every count in tentative decision; pending evictions to be cancelled, allowing those tenants to remain

Categories Affordable Housing, Kihagi, News, Tenants

Herrera repels legal challenge to short-term rental law, secures settlement with Airbnb and HomeAway

May 1, 2017September 22, 2017 by S.F. City Attorney's Press Office
Deal protects homes, clears way for city enforcement, makes mandatory host registration easier

Categories Affordable Housing, News

Herrera secures landmark settlement valued at $60 million from Academy of Art University

December 19, 2016September 22, 2017 by S.F. City Attorney's Press Office
Record code settlement requires academy to provide at least 160 units of affordable housing at no cost to the city, pay millions more to keep at-risk tenants in their homes

Categories Academy of Art University, Affordable Housing, News

Federal judge gives initial backing to SF law that holds online rental platform companies accountable for illegal rentals

November 8, 2016September 22, 2017 by S.F. City Attorney's Press Office
Judge rejects arguments from online rental platforms. Herrera applauds ruling

Categories Affordable Housing, News
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