Condo Lottery Bypass In Action
A plugged-in reader spent the night outside the Department of Building Inspection in order to be the very first person in line to apply for San Francisco’s Condo Lottery Bypass…
Talk Of “Housing Moratorium” In The Mission Shouldn’t Surprise
Tongues are wagging over reports that San Francisco Supervisor David Campos is preparing to propose a “moratorium” on the development of market-rate housing around 24th Street in the Mission. But…
Payouts Of Up To $50K Per Eviction Proposed
While San Francisco’s previously adopted law which required landlords who invoke the Ellis Act to pay evicted tenants an upfront sum equal to the difference between their current rent and…
Listings For Over 6,000 Illegal Rentals In S.F. On Airbnb Alone
As of noon today, there are roughly 6,500 listings for illegal short-term rentals in San Francisco on Airbnb alone. For as of February 1, 2015, unless a residential unit in…
Scoop: Short-Term Rental Registration And Requirements To Airbnb
While it has yet be announced or officially publicized, we have the link to the requirements, application and procedure for registering a short-term rental unit in San Francisco in order…
Legislation To Protect Clubs From Encroaching Condos
With noise complaints from residents in buildings that have recently risen or been converted in neighborhoods that were formerly commercial in character and have historically catered to clubs and other…
A Plan To Tax ‘Hoarders Of Homes’ In San Francisco?
Arguing that “when wealthy people who don’t actually live here buy up San Francisco residential properties, housing prices skyrocket beyond the reach of residents,” San Francisco Supervisor Eric Mar has…
Mayor Lee Signs San Francisco’s Airbnb Legislation Into Law
Mayor Ed Lee has signed San Francisco’s so-called “Airbnb ordinance” into law, officially legalizing but limiting short-term rentals in the city. As approved by San Francisco’s Board of Supervisors by…
Supervisors Pass Law To Regulate Tenant Buyouts In San Francisco
The proposed law to regulate and restrict the buyouts of tenants from rent-controlled apartments in San Francisco has been passed by the Board of Supervisors in a vote of 7…
Law To Regulate Tenant Buyouts In SF: Seven Key Things To Know
With tenants in rent controlled apartments reporting offers of up to $80,000 to vacate, and unreported offers of even more, a proposed law which would require the public disclosure and…