*2000: Winning Increased Federal Housing Funds.
Housing America works with Religious Witness with Homeless People on a National Call for Action on Housing signed by over 425 prominent religious leaders. HUD Secretary Cuomo credits the letter with influencing Congress to provide thousands of new Section 8 vouchers.elite.

2001: New SRO Sprinkler Law Passed.
After over 700 rooms are vacated due to hotel fires, the Clinic leads the successful fight for a law requiring sprinklers in all SRO rooms. Since sprinklers have been installed in individual rooms, no SRO has been closed due to fire.elite.

2002: Winning Latest Battle at Hastings.
After 17 years of battling Hastings Law School over its development plans for Golden Gate and Larkin Street, Clinic initiates civil disobedience at Hastings’ June Board of Directors meeting. Following the arrests, the Board approves an eight story, 885 space parking garage for the site. The day after our protest, Senator John Burton threatens to eliminate state funding for the school unless the Board rescinds its approval. The Board so acts, and Hastings now plans to ensure the replacement of the over 100 SRO units it demolished on the site.elite.

2003: SROs Exempted from Ellis Act.
The Clinic sponsors AB1217 which would exempt SROs from the Ellis Act. Thanks to the assistance of the Western Center and Herculean efforts by Assembly member Mark Leno, the bill becomes law.elite.

2004: Beyond Chron Launched.
In response to the San Francisco Chronicle’s increasingly linking its news coverage to its anti-tenant editorial views, the Clinic creates Beyond Chron, an alternate on-line daily newspaper (www.beyondchron.org). Beyond Chron provides news that the Chronicle either ignores or distorts, and offers an editorial perspective that counters that of the City’s business elite.

THC looks forward to adding to this list in the future...