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Tenants say soft-story retrofit notices lead to eviction threats; commission asks DBI for tenant-notice policy
Summary
Public commenters told the Building Inspection Commission that some landlords use seismic retrofits to push out long-term tenants. Commissioners asked staff to work with tenant outreach groups to develop clearer tenant-notice materials and to calendar further discussion.
Public commenters at the March 21 meeting of the San Francisco Building Inspection Commission told commissioners that landlords are using the city's mandatory soft-story seismic retrofit program to displace long-term tenants.
"They have to vacate," said Tommy Avakoli Mecha of the Housing Rights Committee, recounting instances where a 40-year tenant was told to leave while newer, market-rate tenants were not. Kathy Lipscomb of the San Francisco Anti Eviction Coalition…
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