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Tenants and advocates urge stronger eviction protections for permanent supportive housing
Summary
Permanent supportive housing tenants and advocates presented a redline of HSH eviction policy and ten recommendations, urging notice, pre‑court arbitration, better transfer procedures, consistent case management ratios and stronger contractor oversight; HSH pledged to consult providers and return with implementation options.
Tenants living in permanent supportive housing and advocates told the Homeless Oversight Commission that existing eviction practices and habitability inspections are producing avoidable displacement and trauma for vulnerable residents.
"I want to elevate 2 concerns. 1 is the issue of rent payment methods... And also late fee should be banned and I want to also talk about eviction should only be for substantial nuisance affecting other tenants," said Jordan Davis, a PSH tenant who helped draft a redlined version of the department's eviction policy together with Supervisor Dean Preston's office and the Eviction Defense Collaborative.
Commissioner Christine Evans introduced the packet, which notes that since 2018 the city has paid for the eviction of at least 774 people and that many evictions could have been avoided. Tenants described…
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