"The majority of the tenants at the 31-unit building at 20th and Valencia streets announced today that they are done paying rent until Mosser repairs both damage from a fire that broke out in the building back in February 2025, as well as several other maintenance problems."
"Tenants, suspicious that they even needed to leave the building, formed a tenants association and began working with the Housing Rights Committee. They soon found that Mosser had failed to secure building permits before serving the eviction notices, which is required under city code."
"To publicize the strike, tenants hung an enormous banner reading 'Rent Strike!' outside of one of their windows. In response, multiple businesses around the building - Dog Eared Books, Smitten Kitchen, and Consumer Auto Body Inc posted signs reading, 'Solidarity with the tenants at 907 Valencia,' on their windows."
Tenants at 907 Valencia Street in San Francisco, a 31-unit building owned by Mosser Living, launched a rent strike to demand repairs from a February 2025 fire that caused approximately $120,000 in damage, along with addressing other maintenance problems. Following the fire, Mosser Living served capital improvement eviction notices to 23 units in April, but tenants discovered the landlord had failed to secure required building permits before issuing these notices, violating city code. Fourteen of the 23 tenants refused to vacate. The rent strike gained community support, with neighboring businesses displaying solidarity signs in their windows.
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