2000

Letter to Sister Bernie Galvin from HUD Secretary

HUD Secretary Andrew Cuomo writes to Sister Bernie Galvin, acknowledging her role in mobilizing over 300 interfaith leaders to push for affordable housing and outlining improvements made by HUD to Section 8 voucher and public housing programs.

2000

Housing America Calls For National Campaign

The success achieved by Housing America in gaining support for their pressure of the federal government to focus on affordable housing is due in part to their targeted, grassroots appeals to their constituents.

2000

Mayors Push for Postage

Mayor Gavin Newson advocates for SRO residents to have their mail sorted. Until now SROs have received a single bulk drop of mail leaving busy workers to sort or not sort at all. Receiving mail plays a large role in finding jobs and resources.

 

 

2000

Landlords Win Ellis Ruling

A panel of three judges says an eviction cannot be challenged as retaliatory if the Ellis Act was properly invoked.

 

 

2000

S.F. Landlord-Tenant Accord Scuttled by Renters Groups

Landlords look to be able to pass costs of improvements onto renters. Renters and tenants rights associations say that could lead to much higher rents on controlled units, hurting the low and middle income renters.

 

 

2000

Housing Crisis Solution Posed

“Use the money generated by housing for housing,” said THC’s Executive Director, Randy Shaw, in a 2000 interview. Randy echoed the voices of other housing advocates proposing the use of the $5 billion FHA surplus to build affordable housing.