Landlords in San Francisco will never be permitted to evict tenants who miss rent payments because of income losses stemming from the COVID-19 pandemic under a new law passed by the Board of Supervisors, according to a report in the San Francisco Chronicle. The legislation does not “cancel rent,” in the sense of letting tenants off the hook for paying their landlords during the emergency. But it makes it illegal for landlords to kick tenants out for not paying during the emergency, effectively giving tenants more time to make up for any arrears they accrue because of the pandemic.
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