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Tenant and Landlord Resources

Connect with a community-based organization for housing counseling, mediation, and other housing supports.

Get help with a pending eviction

If you are a tenant who has received eviction court papers, call, email, or visit Eviction Defense Collaborative IMMEDIATELY for free legal help.

Eviction Defense Collaborative 
976 Mission St.
(415) 659-9184
Email: legal@evictiondefense.org
Visit in-person Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday, 10-11:30am and 1-2:30pm

Eviction Prevention Info Notice

Get help with mediation or conflict resolution

If you need help negotiating a payment plan with your landlord, or are dealing with an interpersonal housing-related conflict, you or your landlord may contact the Bar Association of San Francisco’s Conflict Intervention Service at (415) 782-8940 or cis@sfbar.org.

Get help from a tenant counselor

If you've received an eviction or rent increase notice or need help with other tenant-landlord matters, please contact a tenant counseling organization.

  • Bill Sorro Housing Program (BiSHoP)
    Phone: 415-513-5177
    Address: 1338 Mission St., 3rd Floor
    Walk-in Hours: First Tuesday of the month: 11:00AM-12:30PM, 2:15PM-5:00PM
    Other languages: Arabic, Tagalog

  • Chinatown Community Development Center
    Phone: 415-984-2728
    Address: 615 Grant Ave
    Other languages: Mandarin, Cantonese

  • Mission Action
    Phone: 415-282-6209
    Address: 938 Valencia St
    Other languages: Spanish

  • Housing Rights Committee
    - Talk to a counselor: 11 Grove, 415-703-8644 (M-Th 1:00 - 5:00 PM)
    - Leave a voicemail for callback: 415-947-9085 (M/W/Th/F 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM)
    - Bayview residents: 2145 Keith St (Tu 1:00 - 4:00 PM)
    - HUD / Section 8 tenants: call 415-558-2196
    Other languages: Spanish

  • San Francisco Rent Board
    Phone: 415-252-4600
    Address: 25 Van Ness Ave Suite #700
    Hours: 9:00 - 4:00 PM
    https://www.sf.gov/speak-rent-board-counselor

  • South of Market Community Action Network (SOMCAN)
    Address: 1038 Mission St
    Schedule an Appointment
    415-255-7693 (English) / 415-552-5637 (Tagalog)
    Email: info@somcan.org
    Other languages: Tagalog

Get housing counseling for residential hotel (SRO) tenants

Get help finding a roommate

Home Match San Francisco
Free home sharing program that connects homeowners and master tenants looking to rent a room in their home with individuals seeking affordable housing opportunities.
(415) 351-1000
HomeMatchSF@FrontPorch.net

Get small claims legal help

If you have received small claims court papers for rental debt, speak with an attorney at Bay Area Legal Aid's Consumer Rights Clinic.

Bay Area Legal Aid Consumer Rights Clinic
(415) 982-1300
Call to make an appointment
Held every 2nd & 4th Thursday 

Get help if you're a landlord