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Firsthand experience: My family was evicted from a two unit home in SF. We lived in one unit, the owner in the other unit. One unit is now listed on Airbnb.
by ghouse 7y ago
Firsthand experience: My family was evicted from a two unit home in SF. We lived in one unit, the owner in the other unit. One unit is now listed on Airbnb.
- rahimnathwani 7y agoIANAL. What grounds did the landlord use to evict you? How long between you guys leaving and the Airbnb business starting. Did you receive any and all relocation payments required by law, and has the landlord continued to file the required annual paperwork with SFRB? If the eviction reason was either 'owner move-in' or 'relative move-in' then, if the landlord subsequently decided to rent out the unit again with the next few years, they are required by law to first offer the unit to you at the original rent. If you decline, they can rent to someone else, but again only at the original rent (plus the city-mandated max annual increase %). (And, no, the landlord can't get around this by airbnb'ing the other unit, and moving in to your unit.) I'm less familiar with Ellis Act evictions, but my understanding is that these also prevent the landlord from re-renting the property for a significant period of time.