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Which rules apply to my San Francisco rental?

Up to eight questions. Three answers come out, separately: does the Rent Ordinance limit the rent, does the Ordinance's just-cause protection apply, and does the state Tenant Protection Act. "Not established" is always an answer and produces the evidence that would settle it. Nothing you enter is stored.

Where is the rental?

Question 1

Where is the rental?

City limits decide the Ordinance and the Rent Board layers. Daly City and Oakland are not the city.

How is it rented?

Question 2

How is it rented?

Short stays fall under the Office of Short-Term Rentals, not tenancy law.

Does the tenant share a kitchen or bathroom with the owner who lives there?

Question 3

Does the tenant share a kitchen or bathroom with the owner who lives there?

Sharing facilities needs an exemption review; it does not establish an Ordinance exemption by itself.

What kind of unit is it?

Question 4

What kind of unit is it?

Costa-Hawkins pulls single-family homes and condos out of local rent limits; programme units follow the programme.

When was the building first certified for occupancy?

Question 5

When was the building first certified for occupancy?

Pre-June-1979: Ordinance rent limit. 1979 to 15 years ago: state TPA cap. Under 15 years: no cap yet.

Has the tenant occupied for 12 months or more?

Question 6

Has the tenant occupied for 12 months or more?

TPA just cause starts at 12 months; SF just cause has no such threshold (verify).