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Rent Board explains tenant protections, relocation rules and data on unit legalizations
Summary
Deputy Director Robert Collins told the Board of Appeals that San Francisco’s Rent Board enforces rent‑control for units built before June 13, 1979, offers counseling and mediation, reviews petitions for unlawful increases and relocation claims, and is preparing to publish partial Ellis Act datasets via DataSF.
Robert Collins, deputy director of the San Francisco Rent Board, briefed the Board of Appeals on June 24 on the agency’s services for landlords, tenants and the public, with a focus on how the rent ordinance treats demolition and the removal of residential units.
Collins said the rent ordinance applies to buildings built before June 13, 1979, with limited exemptions for some single‑family homes and condominiums. The Rent Board does not set a unit’s base rent but limits annual increases during a tenancy, tying allowable raises to the consumer‑price index and providing additional pass‑throughs for capital improvements, water‑revenue bonds, and certain utility costs.
On eviction and relocation when units…
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