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Residents and advocates accuse manager of rent diversion, call for halting Potrero evictions
Summary
Tenant advocates and residents said approximately 40 Potrero Hill households face eviction, alleged that Eugene Berger Management Corporation staff ‘pocketed’ rent payments, and urged the housing authority to pause evictions and provide relocation assistance.
Multiple residents, tenant advocates and attorneys used the Housing Authority’s Sept. 13 public-comment period to press the commission to stop what they described as mass evictions at the Potrero Hill Terrace Annex and to hold management accountable.
Jessica Santillo, a senior litigation attorney at the Eviction Defense Collaborative, said the collaborative represents Potrero Hill residents facing eviction and reported a surge of about 40 eviction lawsuits.…
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