Overview
- Residents of the 16-unit building west of Chinatown announced a tenants association and rallied on June 22 to protest multiple eviction notices and steep rent hikes since the property changed hands last summer.
- Tenants and attorneys say the new owner began unit inspections, posted nuisance and clutter notices, and has issued eviction papers to six long-term, rent-controlled households.
- Some tenants report extreme rent increases after the sale, with examples given of one rent rising from about $210 to $2,600 and another from $628 to $2,820 for the same units.
- Legal advocates from the Asian Law Caucus and Legal Assistance for the Elderly are representing residents and preparing court challenges while Nabob Hill LLC’s counsel says the company has photographic documentation and will pursue lawful remedies.
- Advocates link the case to a wider pattern of turnover pressure in San Francisco driven by rising market rents, listings promising large “rental upside,” and stretched legal help for low-income, often monolingual senior tenants.