‘It's Retaliatory': Elderly SF Couple Fights Eviction from Rent-Controlled Apartment of 40 Years

Or they could just build more housing. Higher supply is the ultimate tenant protection.

People don't understand rent control in SF:

• you ARE allowed to increase rents yearly (last year it was 3.5%)
• you ARE allowed to make improvements and pass on cost as rent
• units are set to market rate for new tenants

There are literally 1000s of landlords making $$$$ on rent controlled units. Some folks here making it sound like all these landlords are poor and broke because they can't make a profit from their rent control units.

It’s such an entitled feeling they just because they’ve lived in a rental for x many years, they deserve to continue living there for $550/​mo.

"their two kids now grown and out of the house."

In the absence of rent control, this couple downsizes, now that they don't need those extra bedrooms. With rent control, they sit empty, exacerbating the housing crisis.