Nightmare on Post Street

The tenants have filed petitions with the San Francisco Rent Board to determine if their units continue to be protected by rent control. And in recent weeks, the landlord has ratcheted up efforts to move them out. The landlord has offered all tenants money to leave their unit by November 1st. But they have also tried other means of persuasion: tenants who earn too much or earn too little to qualify for the new “regulated” rents have been served with Eviction Notices. Others have been served with notices saying that they have failed to turn in the necessary paperwork to determine their eligibility. Low-income senior tenants have been told that they need to move because of capital repairs, with no written assurances of when (or if) they could come back. The landlord has hired a new security guard to patrol the hallways and common areas with a gun, a large baton and mace -- creating a prison-like atmosphere in the building.

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