How one family lost their home to the relentless Bay Area housing market — and then lost it again By Marisa Kendall mkendall@bayareanewsgroup.com Photos by Dai Sugano dsugano@bayareanewsgroup.com PUBLISHED: AUGUST 26, 2018 DAYS BEFORE HIS MOTHER DIED, Saia Fetu’u made her a promise — he would take care of the house she had helped him buy for his family, honoring the 15 exhausting … Read More
Tenant Claims Landlord Threatened Deportation
Lawsuit alleges dispute escalated into warnings about immigration authorities By Austin Walsh Daily Journal staff Aug 22, 2018 Updated Aug 22, 2018 A landlord attempting to evict a mother and her children from their Burlingame apartment repeatedly threatened to report the woman to federal immigration authorities, according to a lawsuit filed in a district court. Estela Cano is suing her former landlord … Read More
PRESS RELEASE – IMMIGRANT TENANT SUES LANDLORD FOR THREATENING TO CALL IMMIGRATION AUTHORITIES TO EFFECT UNLAWFUL EVICTION
For Immediate Release Media Contact: Araceli Martínez-Olguín (650) 422-2880, amartinez-olguin@clsepa.org Date: August 21, 2018 IMMIGRANT TENANT SUES LANDLORD FOR THREATENING TO CALL IMMIGRATION AUTHORITIES TO EFFECT UNLAWFUL EVICTION San Mateo County, CA—Today, Estela Cano is fighting back against her former landlord by filing suit in federal district court. Her lawsuit alleges that her landlord violated her civil rights by threatening to … Read More
Federal Lawsuit Claims Feds Lack Transparency About Trump Immigration Policy
By Karen Kidd | Jun 1, 2018 SAN FRANCISCO – A federal lawsuit written by law students on behalf of a legal aid service and a Boston-based immigrants advocacy group accuses two federal agencies of withholding information about how the Trump administration is prosecuting immigration cases. Community Legal Services in East Palo Alto and the National Immigration Project of the National Lawyers Guild claim U.S. Immigration … Read More
Tenants Squeezed: Rents Jump in East Menlo Park as Facebook Grows
BY EMILY MIBACH July 2, 2018 5:31 pm After Facebook moved into east Menlo Park in 2011, long-term residents started moving out, said Sandra Zamora, a resident who is facing displacement after her rent jumped by $800 a month. Zamora’s complex at 505 Pierce Road, along with three other small complexes in the Belle Haven neighborhood, were bought by Redwood Landing/Menlo … Read More
City Rejects Rent Hikes for Del Medio Manor
City rejects rent hikes for Del Medio Manor Rent control officer sides with tenants in dispute by Mark Noack / Mountain View Voice Uploaded: Fri, Jul 20, 2018, 3:17 pm A petition to raise rents on dozens of apartments at the Del Medio Manor in Mountain View was denied this week by a city hearing officer. The case was the most … Read More
New Report on the Rise of Corporate Landlords
A new report from the ACCE Institute (Alliance of Californians for Community Empowerment) exposes the growing harmful impacts of Wall Street’s growing single family rental industry. Since the financial crisis, tens of thousands of American families have found themselves, renting homes founded or financed by Wall Street investment funds. With overwhelming harmful outcomes on tenants, communities of color, and prospective … Read More