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In rent controlled units you're basically able to stay as long as you pay the rent. Attempts to get people out of those units are frequently underhanded and reg
by fencepost 8y ago
In rent controlled units you're basically able to stay as long as you pay the rent. Attempts to get people out of those units are frequently underhanded and regularly cross into criminal or civilly actionable, but the people targeted are often poor and don't have the resources to fight back.
For more information on some of the tactics used, just search for "Jared Kushner rent control".
- ebikelaw 8y agoThat's also true of any property in San Francisco, rent control notwithstanding. As long as one pays the rent, one is at home. There is a lot of jurisprudence around this. For example, if I live in a property for 30 days, I am the tenant. AirBnB dabblers have unintentionally rented their units out this way. Also if I send you a check for the rent, and if I write "rent" on the check, and you cash it, I am the tenant. Basically, under the law in California and specifically in San Francisco, the home belongs to the person who lives there, not the person who holds the title.
- fencepost 8y agoRight, but if you're not in a rent controlled unit my expectation is that the landlord can adjust the rent as high as they'd like at the end of each 6-12 month lease.
- dragonwriter 8y ago> Right, but if you're not in a rent controlled unit my expectation is that the landlord can adjust the rent as high as they'd like at the end of each 6-12 month lease. Depends on the lease terms; the current place I live we had an un-the-lease $50/mo. limit on increases for the first two annual renewals. Also been in month-to-month leases where in principal the rent could increase at any time without limit for m with 30 days notice.