As With The Rest Of SF, Most Tenderloin Airbnb Rentals Are Illegal

Despite city efforts to regulate the short-term rentals of San Francisco’s estimated 8,000 residential units that are posted on Internet-hosting venues—spaces once viewed as a cornerstone of long-term housing—thousands of property holders continue to ignore the new rules. Click here to read full story...

New Law Requiring Additional Tenant Notification on Prior Bed Bug Infestations

A new law requiring additional tenant notification on prior bed bug infestations. The disclosure requirement took effect for new tenants July 1 and will apply to existing tenants Jan. 1. It requires landlords to provide tenant with a bed bug history of the apartment while prohibiting them from “showing, renting, or leasing a vacant dwelling unit that the landlord knows has a bed bug infestation.” Full text of legislation can be viewed at: https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB551

New Form from Rent Board - Notice to Tenant §37.9(c) - Form 1007

Effective March 19, 2016, a copy of this Notice to Tenant must be attached to every notice to terminate tenancy. Click on the link below to download the new form: Form 1007 - Notice to Tenant Required by Rent Ordinance §37.9(c)

Competing Measures to Address Short Term Rentals

Airbnb operations are the focus of multiple legislative efforts. Board of Supervisors President David Chiu has introduced legislation that would legalize Airbnb hosting. Under the proposed law, hosts must reside in San Francisco, register with the city and cap rentals at three months a year, among other provisions. http://www.sfbg.com/politics/2014/04/15/chiu-introduces-legislation-airbnb-and-short-term-housing-rentals An online petition calling on San Francisco to overhaul laws that allow landlords to evict tenants for hosting on Airbnb has amassed more than 26,000 signatures and is backed by Airbnb. http://www.sfgate.com/realestate/article/Petition-to-alter-S-F-laws-for-Airbnb-rentals-5414140.php Most recently, former San Francisco Planning Commissioner Doug Engmann, housing advocate Calvin Welch, and public relations executive Dale Carlson, have reportedly prepared a ballot measure to limit short-term rentals. More information onf this proposal is ava...

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