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San Francisco’s Skyrocketing Rents Are a Nightmare on Elm Street
San Francisco landlords are like the supervillains in horror movies from the 1980s that never seem to die. You think the pandemic was enough to slow them down, but like every good horror villain, they always come back in the sequel, resurrected by a new evil. And in San Francisco, that

Mission Artists’ Eviction Timeline Sped Up
Evictions suck. They rip people out of homes and throw them to the streets, and it’s devastating to our community. One of the hardest parts about telling the story of eviction is the utter futility that hides under the covers of it. Procedure turns into bureaucracy. Paperwork piles into an

California Wants Medicaid to Cover 6 Months of Rent
Gov. Gavin Newsom, whose administration is struggling to contain a worsening homelessness crisis despite record spending, is trying something bold: tapping federal health care funding to cover rent for homeless people and those at risk of losing their housing.

SF Eviction Moratorium Extended To September 30, 2021
The San Francisco eviction moratorium was set to expire on June 30, barely a month from now. While landlords could not throw tenants out over unpaid rent during the pandemic, we were teetering just a month away from where they could, with the city being nowhere near back to full

What I Learned from Organizing a Rent Strike
It’s no secret that the Pandemic has had a devastating toll on New York City. Homelessness is at all time highs, COVID cases are surging, and record numbers of people are leaving the city. The only good thing to come of it is that for the first time since the

Desperate SF Landlords Offering ‘Three Months Free’ As Rents Plummet
The Great San Francisco Rent Reduction we’ve long dreamed of has finally arrived, though it took a global pandemic, record unemployment, and the loss of thousands of local businesses to do it. The San Francisco Business Times reports that San Francisco rents are plummeting, and 40% of SF landlords have

How to Deal With Your A**hole Landlord
by Limus Woods How many of you all just want to punch your landlord in the face? Well, believe me, you are not alone. This isn’t just because so many landlords out there are corrupt, but simply because of the amount of people who rent their residences. According to Pew

Nearly Half of American Renters Are Cost-Burdened by Rent
Let’s take a look back on 2018: a year of record-low unemployment and increasing wages. Yet according to a new study by Apartment List, virtually half of American renter households are still struggling with their housing costs.