Drawing up a lease agreement for a property can be a complicated process. A good landlord will be willing to help you every step of the way with the process, but not every tenant is so lucky as to be able to rely on their landlord. Some landlords deliberately hide information from their tenants, all to make it easier to rip them off and/or evict them through unlawful and unethical means. On top of this, many tenants are simply unaware of the ins and outs of San Francisco landlord-tenant law. Here is a crash course on some little-known facts about tenant rights in the city of San Francisco.
In Case of Disasters…
As much as everyone dreads the possibility and wishes for it to never unfold, catastrophes happen. Homeowners and tenants experience such incidents all across the country on a daily basis. However, did you know there are specific clauses for these incidents within San Francisco landlord-tenant law? Say you’re forced out of your place of residence due to a disaster. Should it happen, and your place wind up needing repairs before you can live in it again, your landlord cannot raise your rent to compensate for the repair costs. This means you’ll keep to the rent agreement you had in place before the disaster.
Lawful Advantages
Not every lease is generated through lawful means. To get specific, some landlords lease out their properties without having taken all the proper measures beforehand. Should you find this circumstance applies to your place of residence, San Francisco landlord-tenant law will protect you. Because your place of residence wasn’t registered with the government, there’s no official record of you having lived there as far as the law is concerned. At the same time, San Francisco law also will keep you from being evicted from the property through illegal/unethical means.
To learn more about San Francisco landlord-tenant law, or pursue your case involving it, you can contact “Company Name” by calling (415) 294-4111 or visiting their website.
