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Click
here for video and photos from the 5/12 hearing in front of the Board
of Supervisors about Citi's abusive behavior as a landlord in SF!
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CitiApartments Tenants:
B E W A R E OF B U Y O U T S !
Who is Your
Landlord?
One of San Francisco’s biggest
landlords, CitiApartments/ Skyline Realty is buying up new buildings
all over the city! They are notorious for driving out long term
tenants in order to raise rents.
Their tactics include: harassing
tenants, failing to do required repairs, fake eviction notices, illegal
evictions, offering tenants small amounts of money to move out, and
other unprincipled practices.
Have You Been
Offered a Buyout?
CitiApartments wants as many
long-term tenants out as possible, and they will often offer small amounts
of money to tenants to entice them to leave. These offers are
far less than the difference in rent tenants will pay when they move
into another market-rate apartment in the city. Buyouts are
illegal evictions.
Request in writing
any offer CitiApartments makes you. Do not agree to anything in
person or on the phone. If you have questions about whether
an offer is fair, visit one of the tenant counseling organizations listed
below. You do NOT have to accept any buyout offer. You
do NOT have to move!
What Can You
Do to Protect Yourself and Your Home?
Many tenants have successfully
defended their homes by working together. Tenants have educated each
other, won building-wide law suits, and improvements for their buildings.
If you are experiencing trouble
with your new landlord, seek help from a counseling organization:
- SF Tenants Union, 558
Capp Street, counseling hours online at www.sftu.org or 415-282-6622
- St. Peters Housing
Committee, 474 Valencia St., Rm. 156, 415-487-9203
- Housing Rights Committee,
427 So. Van Ness Ave., 415-487-9203
