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Both rents and house prices are increasing rapidly in the Bay Area. The arrests come after protesters with Occupy SF Housing demand that the bank manager fax a letter to Wells Fargo's chief executive officer calling for a moratorium on home evictions and foreclosures. A Patch columnist faces a steep rental increase and must decide whether or not to continue living in San Ramon. |
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Police arrest Occupy protesters in Mission
by Victoria Colliver, SFGate
January 15th, 2012
The arrests come after protesters with Occupy SF Housing demand that the bank manager fax a letter to Wells Fargo's chief executive officer calling for a moratorium on home evictions and foreclosures.
Berkeley building was site of earlier fire
by Carolyn Jones, SFGate
December 2nd, 2011
Officials rule accidental the Nov. 18 fire at Berkeley's Sequoia Building. Many of the 70 residents who lost their homes in the blaze say there were problems at the building.
San Francisco's Homeless Black Youth Invisible
by Peter Schurmann, New America Media
November 14th, 2011
San Francisco's advocates for homeless people a growing number of young African Americans are becoming homeless as the ongoing recession and nationwide trend of urban black flight erodes access to traditional safety nets.
Renters affected when landlord faces foreclosure
by Jamie Hansen, Petaluma360.com
October 31st, 2011
From being asked to leave a home in foreclosure to falling victim to scams on online rental markets like Craigslist, to trying to find affordable rent in a market glutted with renters, tenants find themselves negotiating a whole new landscape.
Squatting with a cause
by KALW, SFGate
September 15th, 2011
San Francisco collective Homes Not Jails pairs abandoned buildings with people who need housing.
East Palo Alto Residents Tell Equity to Take A Hike
by Sharon Simonson, The Registry
August 22nd, 2011
Residents of East Palo Alto are seeking to overthrow a plan by Wells Fargo & Co. to sell more than 1,800 rent-controlled apartments to Equity Residential, a national multifamily landlord that owns and manages more than 120,000 apartments nationwide.
EPA tenants rally against proposed apartment sale
by Gennady Sheyner, Palo Alto Online
August 22nd, 2011
East Palo Alto residents and tenant advocates will take it to the streets this afternoon to protest Wells Fargo Bank's potential sale of about 1,800 units in the Woodland Park neighborhood to the investment fund Equity Residential.
Rent Hike for Mobile Home Park?
by Adelaide Chen, Milpitas Patch
August 17th, 2011
Friendly Village in Milpitas doesn't sound so friendly when the property owner proposes to raise the rent. The move would alter the current rent control ordinance enforced by the city.
S.F. apartment rent rises as vacancy rates fall
by Carolyn Said, SFGate
August 11th, 2011
Two-thirds of San Francisco residents are renters, and those looking for a new place face fierce competition. Eighteen people recently showed up to an open house for a $1,400 studio.
Reports Shows San Jose Rents Soar
by KTVU News, KTVU.com
July 24th, 2011
San Jose metro area rents jumped 12.6 six percent from last year and the region has the highest average rent among the 43 metro areas surveyed, at more than $1,700.
Tenant Groups Advise Wells to Tread Lightly in East Palo Alto
by Sharon Simonson, The Registry
July 23rd, 2011
Housing advocates from San Francisco to New York City are warning banker Wells Fargo not to insist the winning bidder pay such a high price that the only financially viable business model is redevelopment and aggressive landlord efforts to push rents up as fast as possible.
Woman on the lam from tenant-scamming charges
by Henry K. Lee, SF Gate
July 11th, 2011
The San Francisco woman who took thousands of dollars from more than a dozen would-be tenants is wanted for numerous charges of grand theft and obtaining money under false pretenses.
Vote your vote away
by Carly Nairn, San Francisco Bay Guardian
May 31st, 2011
Key tenants protections could be at risk if San Francisco Sup. Wiener convinces voters to give the Board of Supervisors the authority to change or repeal voter-approved measures.
S.F. Supes Elsbernd and Farrell get personal
by John Cote, SF Gate
May 31st, 2011
This City Hall roundup includes a note about San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee's interest in creating a condominium-conversion fee -- which tenant advocates oppose. Mayor Lee is a former tenant advocate.
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