Publication: San Francisco Chronicle

1982

The Hotels Without Heat

by Warren Hinckle

Warren Hinckle, with the help of THC, exposes the heat crisis in San Francisco’s Residential Hotels.

1983

Laws to Turn The Heat Up Given an OK

by Jackson Rannells

A Board of Supervisors committee approved proposals requiring more heat in San Francisco residential hotels and set stiffer penalties for violators.

1984

Landlord Sued Over Rent Deposits

by Stephen Magagnini 

A tenants’ rights group sues German landlord Guenter Kaussen for allegedly failing to return security deposits to dozens of former tenants of his San Francisco apartment buildings.

1984

German Landlord Sued in S.F.

Tenderloin Housing Clinic filed suit to force landlord Guenter Kaussen to fix a broken elevator that has caused hazard and tragedy at the El Cerrito Apartments.

1988

Owners Fighting For Right to Convert Hotel

by Bill Gordon

Hotelier Adam Sparks contends the hotel conversion law violates his constitutional rights and fights to rent more rooms at the Pacific Bay Inn, previously a residential hotel, to tourists.

1988

Plan to Cut Welfare Housing Costs Gets Trial Run

by Rick DelVecchio

Tenderloin Housing Clinic’s Modified Payment Program as a win-win for everyone: welfare recipients paid cheaper rent for permanent housing, hotel operators were guaranteed higher occupancy rates and steady income, and San Francisco could reduce the cost of the emergency housing program.

1989

Optimistic Report on Homelessness

SF Social Services looks for a solution for homelessness in a “modified payment plan,” in which the people pay $250 to $275 a month for a room rented for extended periods rather than a few days at a time. The Manager of Social Services highlights that long term housing and not temporary housing is the key to this goal.