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Affordable Housing

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

June 30, 2022November 8, 2016 by S.F. City Attorney's Press Office
Judge rejects arguments from online rental platforms. Herrera applauds ruling

Categories Affordable Housing, Housing & Tenant Rights, News

Herrera urges HUD to reconsider

June 30, 2022August 25, 2016 by S.F. City Attorney's Press Office
City Attorney Dennis Herrera has urged HUD Secretary Julián Castro to reverse its disapproval of of San Francisco's Affirmative Fair Housing Marketing Plan.
S.F. City Attorney contends that the federal housing agency was “wrong as a matter of law and public policy” to reject San Francisco’s Affirmative Fair Housing Marketing Plan

Categories Affordable Housing, Defending S.F. Laws, Housing & Tenant Rights, Land Use, Neighborhood Protection, News, Tenants

Amendments proposed to strengthen City’s short-term rental law against legal challenge

June 30, 2022July 12, 2016 by S.F. City Attorney's Press Office
San Francisco Supervisor David Campos.
Campos and Herrera agree that modest revisions can both address platforms’ objections in federal lawsuit and fulfill the intent of a fair, enforceable ordinance

Categories Affordable Housing, Defending S.F. Laws, Housing & Tenant Rights, Land Use, News, Tenants

Herrera wins preliminary injunction in Section 8 housing discrimination case

June 30, 2022May 24, 2016 by S.F. City Attorney's Press Office
Lembi-affiliated landlord, real estate broker must accept federal housing vouchers from low-income renters under local law, Superior Court Judge Quidachay rules

Categories Affordable Housing, Housing & Tenant Rights, News, Tenants
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