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Housing & Tenant Rights

City Attorney sues Ingleside landlords for profiting off of unsafe units

June 30, 2022May 26, 2022 by S.F. City Attorney's Press Office
City Attorney David Chiu
Landlords allowed immigrant tenants to live in illegal and unsafe units

Categories Housing & Tenant Rights, News, Tenants

City Attorney sues Tenderloin SRO owner over deplorable living conditions

June 30, 2022May 20, 2022 by S.F. City Attorney's Press Office
City Attorney David Chiu
Landlords have neglected the property creating hazardous conditions for vulnerable residents

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

San Francisco files amicus brief urging federal court to uphold Seattle anti-discrimination law

June 30, 2022February 4, 2022 by S.F. City Attorney's Press Office
City Attorney David Chiu
Brief argues Seattle’s “fair chance” ordinance fights discrimination in rental housing and reduces recidivism

Categories Housing & Tenant Rights, News, Tenants

Chiu and Ronen statement on court victory upholding San Francisco eviction protection law

June 30, 2022January 24, 2022 by S.F. City Attorney's Press Office
City Attorney David Chiu
Decision protects tenants from bad-faith rent increases and coerced evictions

Categories Housing & Tenant Rights, News, Tenants

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

June 30, 2022November 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, Housing & Tenant Rights, News, Tenants

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

June 30, 2022July 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, Housing & Tenant Rights, Illegal Businesses, Land Use, Neighborhood Protection, News Tags Ashok Gujral, developer, house flip, permits

Herrera statement on California Supreme Court denying appeal by predatory landlord Anne Kihagi

June 30, 2022March 13, 2019 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.
Herrera says  ‘residents will finally be able to live their lives in peace’

Categories Code Enforcement, Housing & Tenant Rights, Kihagi, News, Tenants

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

June 30, 2022December 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, Housing & Tenant Rights, News

Appellate court upholds $2.7 million judgment against notorious landlord Kihagi

June 30, 2022December 4, 2018 by S.F. City Attorney's Press Office
Herrera calls decision a ‘victory for San Francisco tenants’

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

Herrera shutters illegal Airbnb hotel where party became gunfight

June 30, 2022November 19, 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, Housing & Tenant Rights, News, Public Safety

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

June 30, 2022November 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, Housing & Tenant Rights, News, Tenants

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

June 30, 2022May 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, Housing & Tenant Rights, News

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

June 30, 2022May 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, Housing & Tenant Rights, News

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

June 30, 2022May 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, Housing & Tenant Rights, News

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

June 30, 2022May 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, Housing & Tenant Rights, News

Herrera wins victory for low-income tenants

June 30, 2022April 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, Housing & Tenant Rights, News, Tenants

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

June 30, 2022February 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, Housing & Tenant Rights, News

Herrera cracks down on affordable housing fraudster

June 30, 2022August 23, 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, Housing & Tenant Rights, News

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

June 30, 2022August 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, Housing & Tenant Rights

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

June 30, 2022May 24, 2017 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, Housing & Tenant Rights, News
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