No SRO Mailboxes Hurts the U.S. Census Count, SF Rents Are Dropping, Bill Extend Federal Tenant Protection Law, How landlords get away with it, tenants fight for their homes

No SRO Mailboxes Hurts the U.S. Census Count, SF Rents Are Dropping, Bill Extend Federal Tenant Protection Law, How landlords get away with it, tenants fight for their homes

Richmond landlord charged in attack that nearly killed tenant’s small dog; Condo policy leaves owners, tenants frustrated; Some renters want Santa Monica to further restrict smoking; Judge Slaps CitiApartments With $50K Bill For Dawdling, Auction of Page Mill’s East Palo Alto properties delayed

Rats and bedbugs take over where Dawnay, Day left off in Harlem; Re’Anita Burns Looks Back on a Decade of Organizing in East Palo Alto; Judicial Bias Out of Control in SF Superior Court; Renters would like a tax break too; Bronx tenants win case citing Stuy Town; Page Mill’s East Palo Alto buildings to hit the auction block Feb. 1; Affordable housing ruling a setback to cities

A local tale of unmitigated greed and the criminal enterprise of one family to corner the residential real estate market in San Francisco, buying large rent controlled buildings and ousting long-term tenants by any means possible led to the shady world of collateralized debt obligations, derivatives and the real villains.