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Chipping Away At Single-Family Zoning

For decades, San Francisco’s rate of housing production has lagged behind demand, leading to skyrocketing prices and widespread displacement. One of the most effective and affordable strategies to increase the housing stock is to allow single-family homes to be converted…

Conflict Intervention Service: Transforming Lives, Transforming Affordable Housing, Transforming Community in Times of COVID-19

The voice on the helpline message for the Bar Association of San Francisco’s (BASF) Conflict Intervention Service quaked with fear: “Please help me. I’m an elderly gay man with HIV. My roommate brings a stranger home every night. He laughs…

Right to Civil Counsel Staff Attorney Defends Vulnerable Tenants Facing Eviction

Meet Ana Denmark, who has joined the Justice & Diversity Center’s (JDC) Right to Civil Counsel Program (RTCC). Through the RTCC Pilot Program, a partnership between JDC and the City of San Francisco, Denmark represents low-income tenants facing eviction. Since…

Housing Negotiation Project Volunteer Works to Save Low-Income Clients’ Homes

The Justice & Diversity Center (JDC) recognizes Hope Greenhill as our Volunteer of the Month for her work with JDC’s Housing Negotiation Project, the limited-scope pro bono opportunity of the Eviction Defense Project. Greenhill has been volunteering with JDC since 2008, and currently works as a contract program…

HAP Staff Testifies at Supervisor Farrell’s Hearing on Homelessness

Homeless Advocacy Project (HAP) staff attorney Erin Katayama testified last week at a hearing focused on housing and homelessness in San Francisco. The May 7 hearing, titled The Housing Ladder and Evictions from Publicly Funded Housing Units, is one in…

Preventing Eviction and Displacement of Low-Income San Franciscans

On April 16, 2014, Stephanie Skaff, 2014 president of The Bar Association of San Francisco (BASF) and the Justice & Diversity Center (JDC), along with Homeless Advocacy Project (HAP) staff attorney, Erin Katayama, gave comments to the San Francisco Board…

Justice & Diversity Center’s Homeless Advocacy Project: Steady Stream of Income Does Not Always Equal Steady Stream of Housing

Mr. King* is disabled by mental health impairments and lives in a supportive housing project with on-site social and medical services. As a Supplemental Security Income (SSI) recipient he has a steady stream of income, however his mental health is…

Making a Difference: Impact of Eviction Defense Project's Volunteer Attorneys

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