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Housing Rights

Team

Faustina Ngo

Faustina Ngo

Community Advocate, Housing Rights

Faustina Ngo

Community Advocate, Housing Rights
Kelly Ding

Kelly Ding

Senior Housing Rights Fellow

Kelly Ding

Senior Housing Rights Fellow
Shelby Nacino

Shelby Nacino

Program Director, Housing Rights

Shelby Nacino

Program Director, Housing Rights

Our Focus

Home is the place where we lay our heads down at night, find comfort, and care for our loved ones. We provide culturally and linguistically competent assistance to low-income tenants and defend the rights of San Francisco tenants, many of whom are from immigrant communities, seniors, or living with disabilities.

We advocate for local and state policies that preserve housing, create affordable housing options, and decrease inequities in housing and land use. We also engage in community education and outreach.

A group of protesters stand lined up holding posters about housing rights.

Photo Credit: Joseph Smooke

Illustration of a house and trees on a hill

Legal Help for San Francisco Tenants

If you’re facing eviction, accumulated rent debt due to COVID-19, or other housing problems in San Francisco, we are here for you. Get help now.

Our Work

Guides & Reports

Know Your Rights: Answers to Frequently Asked Tenant Questions

Perspectives

Q&A: How ALC's Housing Rights Team Keeps People In Their Homes

Read how ALC's staff work to address the need for safe and affordable housing in San Francisco.

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News

Chinatown Tenants Win Settlement in Discrimination and Harassment Case Against Valstock Management

Chinatown tenants and the Community Tenants Association have won an unprecedented settlement that asserts their right to live peacefully in the neighborhood and buildings they call home.

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News & Perspectives

Guides & Reports

Know Your Rights: Trump’s Birthright Citizenship Executive Order

February 20, 2026

On January 20, 2025, President Trump signed an executive order trying to end birthright citizenship. This resource addresses questions about the executive order’s implications and potential impacts.
Guides & Reports

San Francisco Senior Rights Bulletin

October 28, 2025

With partners, we publish a bulletin in Chinese, English, Spanish, Tagalog, and Vietnamese on tenants’ rights and other issues to help older San Francisco tenants understand and assert their rights.
Guides & Reports

California Immigrant Tenants’ Rights

October 20, 2025

Learn about your rights as an immigrant tenant living in California.