Iris Canada has lived in the flat since the 1940s.
AB Wire
A 99-year-old San Francisco widow threatened with eviction will get to live out her life in her Hayes Valley flat after a judge issued a tentative ruling in her favor on Tuesday, reported the San Francisco Chronicle.
Eviction proceedings against Iris Canada, who has lived in her flat at 670 Page St. since the 1940s, will be put on hold under the terms of the ruling, which would uphold her 11-year-old agreement entitling her to remain in the unit for the rest of her life for $700 a month.
“It’s a good day,” Canada said after yet another day in court that was attended by four lawyers, three clergymen, one niece and a dozen housing rights advocates.
Canada’s case has become something of a cause celebre in the housing rights movement. Outside the courthouse, two dozen elderly renters locked arms, held signs and stood side by side in support. Inside courtroom 502, Canada sat patiently, her walker adorned with gold ribbons by her side.
In his tentative ruling, Superior Court Judge A. James Robertson II granted Canada’s request to stay under the terms of her 2005 deal with the owners of her six-unit building, providing she promise to occupy the unit herself and agree to maintain it. But San Francisco real estate law is such a tricky thing, and lawyers are such a loquacious bunch, that nothing happens quickly or easily.
Read the full report: http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Judge-s-tentative-ruling-halts-eviction-of-7258437.php