1030 Post Street Tenants Go to City Hall

by Paul Hogarth, Beyond Chron (reposted)

Thu, Oct 26, 2006 8:16AM

In the latest saga of 1030 Post Street, the tenants have taken their battle to City Hall in an effort to save their homes. KDF, an Orange County-based real estate developer, purchased their building and has tried to raise their rents or evict the tenants – while getting a tax break to “create” affordable housing. The tenants have already protested in front of their building and gone to the Rent Board. Meanwhile, they have undergone a nightmare of threats and intimidation from the management. Yesterday, the tenants went to City Hall to testify in front of the Board of Supervisor’s Committee on Housing and Land Use. Their request was simple -- make a small change to the San Francisco Rent Ordinance that will ensure that their units remain protected by rent control.

Under San Francisco law, dwelling units “whose rents are controlled or regulated by any government unit, agency or authority” are not covered by rent control. This was intended to apply to Section 8 housing or other government-regulated rentals that guarantee real affordability. But now KDF argues that because they got an affordable housing tax credit from the federal government, rent control doesn’t apply to 1030 Post Street – even if the existing tenants have lived there for years. Tony Arutdson, who has lived there since 1992, explained that KDF “came in and said that rent control was old-fashioned, and that I should just move out.”

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