Oakland is one of the last cities in the Bay Area hanging on to its eviction moratorium, which was introduced during the pandemic to protect tenants from eviction.
Many mom-and-pop landlords claim their tenants are taking advantage of the policy, leaving them at risk of losing their livelihoods.
He said for 10 years, Martina Matin, his tenant in the bottom unit, had paid $1,500 for the 3-bedroom, 1-bath, though the checks always came late or bounced. "It's a nightmare," Williams told KPIX."It's an absolute endless nightmare where it's ridiculous that we're put in this situation for three years, with no conversation, or any kind of dialogue on how do we recapture our funds, other than we have to go to court to do that, or chase them or lose the money.
In fact, Williams provided documentation of Martin's storage and transportation business registered to her address. He often spotted movers and moving trucks outside of his home. Martin also runs a local massage business, Indulge-N-You, according to phone records. "Those kind of folks who are abusing and the fraud in the system. Those kind of tenants should not be covered by the tenant protections," said Williams."I'm totally here for the tenant protections, but when it's unlawful such as this case is, I think that should be a reasoning to remove any protections for anyone."Williams and many others are already running out of time.
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