Articles

Ellis Evictions Under the San Francisco Rent Ordinance The Ellis Act allows a landlord to take a building […]

How to Get Your Landlord to Make Repairs If a landlord is not responding to multiple written repair […]

Proving Bad Faith in an Owner Move-In Eviction or Capital Improvements Eviction (OMI is also sometimes referred to […]

Certificate of Occupancy Even though a unit does not have a certificate of occupancy, it is still covered […]

Causes of Action for Shut-Off Where a landlord shuts off or interrupts utilities intending to terminate occupancy, a […]

Foreclosure in Rent Control Versus Non-Rent Control Jurisdiction Tenant rights in foreclosure hinge on whether your unit is […]

Statute on Refunds Security deposit issues are governed by state law.  Under Civil Code section 1950.5, a landlord […]

OMI Defined Owner Move-In Eviction is also often referred to as an OMI, Relative Move-In, LMI, or Landlord […]

Asbestos and the Warranty of Habitability Out of the many repair issues that can affect a tenant, one […]

Over just the last decade alone, our firm has represented 100s of tenants in buyout negotiations in San […]

Landlord Negligence and Right to Return – Fire, Flood or Disaster If a landlord’s wrongful or negligent act […]

Student Housing Laws and Student Rights Rent Control Statutes Exclude Dormitories Typically, rent control ordinances do not cover […]