“I am so afraid,” Yan said in Chinese, her voice trembling. “I could end up sleeping on the street.”
A dispute at a rent-controlled apartment building on Jackson Street in San Francisco’s Nob Hill neighborhood, where seven tenants—including a 92-year-old resident—say the building’s new owner is using nuisance and clutter complaints as a pretext to evict long-term, low-income tenants. Yesterday at a rally, community members heard from organizations such as Chinatown Community Development Center, Asian Law Caucus, Legal Assistance to the Elderly and San Francisco Tenants Union, which argue the evictions reflect a broader pattern of displacement affecting seniors and low-income renters. Housing advocates and legal aid attorneys say the case reflects a broader trend of increasing housing insecurity among seniors in San Francisco, where many older adults are struggling to remain housed amid rising costs and redevelopment pressures. Read the article here.
