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Rent relief resources

You can connect with a community-based organization for rent relief application support, tenant-landlord counseling, and eviction prevention legal services.

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 legal support.

Get help with your rent relief application

The deadline to apply to the CA COVID-19 Rent Relief Program was March 31, 2022. Contact their Call Center at 833-430-2122 for assistance. If you are struggling with completing the entire process, connect with a community-based organization below.

If you need rental assistance for the period after March 31, 2022 or if you do not have a pending application with the CA COVID-19 Rent Relief Program, apply to our local San Francisco Emergency Rental Assistance Program (SF ERAP).

  • Asian, Inc.
    1167 Mission St., 4th Floor
    (415) 928-5910
    Languages: Cantonese, Mandarin, and English
  • Chinatown SRO Collaborative or SRO Families United Collaborative
    (415) 984-2730
    Languages: English, Chinese
  • Eviction Defense Collaborative (EDC)
    1338 Mission St.
    Open on: Monday, Wednesday, Friday 10-11:30am and 1-2:30pm for help with both legal papers of eviction and help applying for rental assistance
    (415) 470-5211
    Languages: Spanish, Mandarin and Cantonese, Arabic, have use of Language Line
  • Housing Rights Committee of San Francisco 
    Mission District Office: (415) 703-8644
    Languages: Mission Office: English, Cantonese, Mandarin, Spanish
    Richmond District Office: (415) 947-9085
    Languages: Richmond Office: Cantonese, Mandarin, English, Russian
  • Mission SRO Collaborative 
    (415) 282-6209 ext. 150
    Languages: English, Spanish
  • Openhouse
    Bob Ross LGBT Senior Center
    65 Laguna St.
    (415) 296-8995
    Languages: English, Spanish

Get help from a tenant counselor

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

  • Counseling at the San Francisco Rent Board (available to tenants and landlords)
    (415) 252-4600
    Monday-Friday, 9am-12pm and 1pm – 4pm 
  • Housing Rights Committee of San Francisco 
    Mission Office: (415) 703-8644
    Languages (Mission Office): English, Cantonese, Mandarin, Spanish
    Richmond Office at (415) 947-9085 
    Languages (Richmond Office): Cantonese, Mandarin, English, Russian 

Get small claims legal help

If you have received small claims court papers for COVID-19 rental debt, speak with an attorney at Bay Area Legal Aid's Rent Debt Legal Clinic.

  • Bay Area Legal Aid 
    (415) 982-1300
    Call to make an appointment
    Held every fourth Friday

Get housing counseling for residential hotel (SRO) tenants

  • Mission SRO Collaborative 
    (415) 282-6209 ext. 150
    Languages: English, Spanish
     
  • SRO Families United Collaborative
    (415) 329-3809
    Languages: Filipino, Chinese, English

Get help if you're a landlord

Last updated May 19, 2022

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COVID-19 emergency tenant protections

If you can pay your rent, you should do so. However, if you cannot pay and your landlord tries to evict you, these protections may safeguard you against eviction.

Departments or Public Bodies

Mayor's Office of Housing and Community Development