Supervisors back amendments to create temporary housing preference for tenants displaced by renovation evictions

Supervisor Aaron Peskin introduced an ordinance to add a temporary preference in the city’s affordable‑housing programs for tenants displaced by temporary capital‑improvement evictions, saying the change would let affected tenants apply for housing without waiting years on existing lists. "This is a proposal to amend the city's existing affordable housing preference policy, to accommodate tenants, displaced by temporary capital improvement evictions," Peskin said during the Rules Committee hearing.

Peskin told the committee such temporary evictions are a citywide phenomenon concentrated in older rent‑controlled neighborhoods, and he cited a figure — "over 400 of them since 2017" — to underscore the scope of the issue. He proposed several amendments to the Administrative Code to clarify eligibility, require rent‑board forms for displaced tenants to keep contact information current, and direct administrative law judges to weigh landlord delay and tenant hardship when considering extensions beyond the three‑month default period.

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