Brad Hirn said because rent prices increased at record rates before and during the pandemic, softening rents should not be viewed as a move toward affordability.
Brad Hirn, who is not a resident of the Village, said that UAW 4811 is “overall concerned about reducing rent burden for students and workers due to these new fees,” and that he is “supporting the residents in their efforts” with his background in tenant and labor union organizing.
Brad Hirn said, “The ordinance doesn’t automatically bestow upon tenants a victory: it provides a framework for tenants to think about how to organize a majority of their neighbors, and it imposes the obligation on the landlord to bargain in good faith.”
Veritas, the largest landlord in San Francisco, has defaulted on another loan and is losing 23 apartment buildings. Our practitioner in residence Brad Hirn discusses Veritas, the Union-At-Home ordinance, and ongoing tenant organizing.
A small group of residents in San Francisco apartments are on a rent strike. Can a union model work for residents the same way it does for laborers?
