News and Views
July 10, 2009
Sarah Shortt of San Francisco's Housing Rights Committee critiques LA Times' and San Francisco's Chronicle's coverage of renter protections passed by SF's supervisors.
The Santa Barbara Independent covers the Rental Housing Roundtable's kick-off campaign rally.
A San Francisco Chronicle blog posts on the scam by James McConville, which left tenants across the state facing eviction.
July 7, 2009
A Santa Barbara coalition of community organizations, the Rental Housing Roundtable, has organized a rally for renters' rights in Santa Barbara.
July 7, 2009
A group of San Francisco's Chinatown tenants have fought an eviction with the help of the San Francisco Community Land Trust.
July 6, 2009
Bay Area's ABC 7 reports on James McConville's condo investment scheme.
July 5, 2009
Ed Koch and Robert Weiner call on Congress to protect renters increase availability of affordable housing.
July 3, 2009
The city of Oakland settled a suit with banks and real estate agents who were accused of illegal conduct against renters after foreclosures.
Rachel Myrow of KQED radio reports on how the foreclosure crisis is affecting tenants. Included is an interview with our Director Dean Preston.
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Online San Francisco newspaper reports on allegations of a practice by CitiApartments of illegally withholding tenants' security deposits.
June 30, 2009
A Housing Court judge in New York dismisses a landlord's petition finding that a tenant's home was her primary residence despite her not personally meeting the 180-day-in-the-apartment-annually test.
A San Diego housing developer, the Amerland Group, has been accused of various criminal conduct against its low-income tenants.
June 26, 2009
Tenants in the city of Ridgecrest, California are rising up and organizing to face a serious housing crisis triggered by a statewide real estate scam. We've been most fortunate at Tenants Together to have the opportunity to work with these inspiring tenants who have stood up for their rights, are working to form a new tenants association, and are pushing for local legislation that will help renters keep their homes -- renters who face eviction due to no fault of their own.
June 26, 2009
The Visalia Times-Delta reports that AB 761 passed the California Assembly after a re-vote.
June 26, 2009
This Palo Alto Online article describes the work of Community Legal Services of East Palo Alto, including eviction defense.
June 25, 2009
The San Jose Mercury News reports that AB 761, which was previously rejected by the California Assembly, passed yesterday.
A report by the California Reinvestment Coalition found that renters are routinely denied the return of their security deposits after foreclosure. The report discusses evictions of innocent tenants by national banks.
June 25, 2009
It is unfathomable that we allow slum housing in 21st century Los Angeles. But we do.
Judith Liben, a Massachusetts housing attorney, and Tim H. Davis, an independent research consultant, make the argument that banks should be renting to tenants after a foreclosure.
Some low-income tenants in Carlsbad are planning to attend a city council meeting in order to bring attention to rent increases that would displace them from the city.