Petitions to the Rent Board

Petitions may be filed for a variety of reasons, most commonly to have the Rent Board determine the rent. Some of the other common petition filing grounds include: decrease in housing services, unlawful rent increase, failure to repair and maintain, roommate proportional share of the rent, general obligation bond passthrough challenge, utility passthrough challenge, water revenue bond passthrough challenge, violation of the Residential Hotel Visitor Policy, capital improvement passthroughs, operating and maintenance expense increases, extension of time (to perform capital improvement work), comparable rents, intent to withdraw (Ellis), utility passthrough petition and worksheet, Costa-Hawkins determination, Rules and Regulations §1.21, hardship applications, and Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR). Petitions are also accepted on “other” grounds. For more information, please see: https://www.sf.gov/landlord-petitions-and-passthroughs and https://www.sf.gov/tenant-petitions

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