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June 2003 PHRA Opposing Change in Housing Law PHRA is opposing an Assembly bill by Mark Leno that would prevent owners of boarding houses such as Baker’s Acres – usually called residence clubs here – from going out of business. The bill would prevent owners from invoking the Ellis Act to move out tenants and convert their buildings to other purposes, including single family homes. PHRA is joined in its opposition by Leland Yee on constitutional grounds: we should allow people to go out of business if they choose. The bill is intended to sustain low-income
housing in such areas as the Tenderloin but has a potentially
major effect on Pacific Heights. Unable to afford new
requirements for safety improvements such as fire sprinklers in
every room, and unable to go out of business, owners would have
few options except to sell to non-profit groups, such as the
Tenderloin Housing Clinic. Under San Francisco’s current code,
such an organization could quadruple the number of residents. |
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