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^$575,000

Recovered on behalf of a San Francisco couple who were forced to give up their home of over twenty years after their landlord's dog attacked and killed their dog.

^$800,000

Recovered on behalf of an Oakland tenant who suffered a serious injury due to her landlord's negligent maintenance of her home.

^$850,000

Recovered on behalf of a San Francisco tenant who suffered personal injuries and was forced to vacate his home of fifteen years after dealing with many months of environmental contamination and disruptive and nuisance construction conditions.

^$1.56 Million

Recovered on behalf of a group of 30 tenants living in an SRO in San Francisco who were living with horrendous conditions in their rent controlled apartments, including rodents, bedbugs, mold, water leaks, and harassment.

^$300,000

Recovered on behalf of three families living in a building in San Francisco's SOMA neighborhood who were forced to live with substandard conditions for years as a result of their landlord's negligence, including issues with lack of heat, lack of hot water, and cockroach/rat infestations.

^$750,000

Recovered on behalf of a couple living in a rent-controlled home in the outer Sunset neighborhood. Our clients were forced to vacate after the landlord served them with an Owner Move-In Eviction Notice. After the landlords failed to move into the property, our clients filed suit for wrongful eviction.

^$300,000

Recovered on behalf of a San Francisco tenant in Russian Hill. The tenant was forced to vacate her illegal apartment in retaliation for reporting unlawful rent increases to the San Francisco Rent Board. Our client was forced to vacate after her landlord served our client with a series of eviction notices and told her the apartment was unsafe to live in.

^$700,000

Recovered for a long-term tenant in San Francisco. Our client was forced to move out of his apartment as a result of extreme landlord harassment.

^$300,000

Recovered on behalf of three long-term tenants in San Francisco's Castro neighborhood who were constructively evicted due to noise and nuisance conditions created by their downstairs neighbors, which the owner refused to address.

^$575,000

Recovered on behalf of an elderly, disabled San Francisco tenant who was forced to move out of her rent-controlled San Francisco apartment of 50 years after the landlord/owner failed to resolve numerous building code violations that remained outstanding for over a decade.

^$325,000

Recovered on behalf of seven tenants living in a makeshift boarding house in East Palo Alto.

^$560,000

Recovered on behalf of two San Francisco tenants who were wrongfully evicted via a fraudulent owner move-in eviction where the owner failed to occupy the property as their principal place of residence.

^$375,000

Recovered on behalf of an elderly long-term tenant who was forced to vacate her long San Francisco apartment as a result of her landlord's refusal to address longstanding defective conditions, including lack of heat, mold, rodent infestations, and defective plumbing.

^$550,000

Recovered on behalf of a San Francisco tenant who was forced to vacate his home as a result of ongoing, disruptive construction and the owner's refusal to provide him with alternative housing.

^$375,000

Recovered on behalf of a San Francisco family that was constructively evicted from their home in the Richmond District as a result of unlawful rent increases, defective conditions, and tenant harassment.

^$525,000

Recovered on behalf of a tenant living in an illegal unit who was wrongfully evicted. Our client was forced to vacate under false pretenses while her landlord undertook supposedly necessary construction and then was never allowed to return.

^$395,000

Recovered on behalf of two long term San Francisco tenants who were fraudulently evicted from their home of over twenty years under the pretext of an owner move-in eviction.

^$450,000

Recovered for a San Francisco tenant who was injured when her stairway railing collapsed.

^$450,000

Recovered in action for a group of tenants forced to vacate their San Francisco apartment due to severe habitability defects, including mold and water leaks.

Non-Profit Organizations and Other Resources for San Francisco Tenants

Education and access to information are the best protection for tenants. There are a number of non-profits that provide legal counseling for tenants. The San Francisco Tenant’s Union and Housing Rights Committee provide walk-in counseling hours to tenants. They can help you write or respond to a letter from your landlord or answer questions about your situation.

If you have been served an eviction lawsuit you need to get help right away. In San Francisco tenants have a right to free legal representation in defense of evictions. The Eviction Defense Collaborative provides eviction defense services. As does Legal Assistance to the Elderly. Think your landlord is doing something illegal? Want a building inspector to look at your apartment? These resources may be able to help or at least get you started.

Resources

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Non-Profit Organizations and Other Resources for San Francisco Tenants

San Francisco-Based Housing Organizations

AIDS Legal Referral Panel

Asian Law Caucus

Asian Pacific Islander Legal Outreach

Bay Area Legal Aid

Causa Justa: Just Cause

Chinatown Community Development Center

Centro Legal De La Raza

Eviction Defense Collaborative

Homeless Advocacy Project

Housing Rights Committee

Legal Assistance to the Elderly

Open Door Legal

San Francisco Bar Association: Justice and Diversity Center

San Francisco Tenants Union

Tenderloin Housing Clinic

SF Bar Assoc. Lawyer

East Bay Housing Organizations

Bay Area Legal Aid

Berkeley Rent Stabilization Board

Causa Justa: Just Cause

East Bay Community Law Center

Oakland Tenants Union

San Francisco Departmental Resources

ACCESS Self-Help Center

Children’s Environmental Health Promotion Program (incl. lead hazards)

Dept. of Building Inspection

DBI Permit Filing and Routing

Dept. of Fair Employment and Housing

Dept. of Fire Prevention & Investigation

Department of Public Health

District Attorney’s Office

Mayor’s Office of Housing

Office of Short Term Rentals

Planning Department

San Francisco Rent Board

Small Claims Court

SF City Attorney’s Office

Awards & Associations

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^$575,000

^$800,000

^$850,000

^$1.56 Million

^$300,000

^$750,000

^$300,000

^$700,000

^$300,000

^$575,000

^$325,000

^$560,000

^$375,000

^$550,000

^$375,000

^$525,000

^$395,000

^$450,000

^$450,000