Rent Board Disputes

The San Francisco Rent Board is a city agency that administers and enforces the Rent Ordinance. For tenants, it is often the first and sometimes the only venue for resolving disputes with landlords. Many issues, including unlawful rent increases or...

If you have rent control your landlord can't give you a rent increase above two or three percent a year right? Not exactly. Enter Rent Board Rules and Regulations Section 1.21 . Section 1.21 allows a landlord to raise a...

Depending on your lease (or lack thereof), your rights in relation to your landlord and housemates might vary a great deal. There are a number of different dynamics that come up in landlord/tenant situations and each one carries with it...