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Bayview tenants urge controller audit of Related Management after lost records, back rent claims and fires; board hears testimony
Summary
Multiple residents and advocates representing Bayview Hunters Point tenants told the Board of Supervisors about widespread problems with Related Management properties: missing rent records, unprocessed income recertifications, incorrect back‑rent ledgers, denied rent relief, and multiple recent fires. Callers asked the board to press for an
Bayview Hunters Point residents and community advocates used the board’s public‑comment period on May 10 to outline complaints about Related Management’s handling of several Bayview properties and to ask the City Controller for an independent audit.
Why this matters: Tenants described alleged mismanagement that, they say, is producing wrongful eviction notices, large retroactive back‑rent balances on tenant ledgers, lost or misfiled application documents, and safety concerns after recent fires. Several callers told the board they were denied rent relief or saw promises made by outside agencies unfulfilled.
What tenants and advocates said: Testimony clustered around three themes: (1) recordkeeping and rent‑account errors (callers referenced ledgers showing multiple years of alleged arrears, in one claim “$40,000”); (2) unprocessed applications for rent relief and lost tenant documentation after referrals to community‑based organizations; and (3) safety and habitability problems, including recent fires at properties managed by Related.
Representative on‑the‑record speakers (selection): - Micah Pinkston identified himself as a Bayview community leader and said Related Management has “a pattern of performing illegal evictions, misplacing or losing residents’ personal documentation and not processing income recertification applications in timely manner.” - Janice Smith and Loretta Wilshire (both identified as Bayview residents) described delayed repairs, unfulfilled promises by a local relief program run by Mission Neighborhood Center at 1311 Quesada Avenue, and safety incidents including a fallen tree and carbon‑monoxide exposures. - Fred Shervin Zimmer of the Housing Rights Committee said the organization had been “flooded by calls” after Related purchased four apartment complexes and urged controller and elected officials to examine the company’s recordkeeping and tenant impacts; he noted three fires in the same complex during the month.
Requests and reactions: Several speakers asked the Board of Supervisors and the Controller to open an independent audit into Related Management’s bookkeeping and housing operations in Bayview. While the board did not take formal action during the meeting, the clerk recorded numerous requests and community members indicated they would follow up with the Controller’s office; the Controller’s staff were reported to be willing to gather tenant information during the meeting.
Background/next steps: The complaints raised are the subject of ongoing tenant organizing. Several speakers said they have documentary evidence (ledgers, notices) and asked for an audit and a public town hall; the board did not vote on any new related government action at this session but community advocates said they would deliver documentation to the Controller.
