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Feb. 4, 2026

From receivership to mass eviction: Foreclosure limbo and California tenants' rights

A court-appointed receiver was supposed to stabilize a troubled Tenderloin building--now, 24 tenants, many elderly or non-English speaking, face eviction in a move that deepens the housing crisis.

Toven Lim

Associate
Tobener Ravenscroft LLP

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From receivership to mass  eviction: Foreclosure limbo and California tenants' rights
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After a major real estate default in San Francisco's Tenderloin neighborhood, a court-appointed receiver took over the building's operations, an arrangement intended to preserve the asset, maintain habitability and stabilize management while the foreclosure proceeds. But in what tenants describe as a startling escalation, the receiver filed unlawful detainer lawsuits against 24 households for "nonpaym...

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