A group of seniors in San Francisco, including a retired Muni driver, is on the verge of eviction - and asking the city to intervene. Residents accuse their property's management company Domus Management of poor communication and bad bookkeeping.
They're urging the city to take actionIn San Francisco, a group of seniors is on the verge of eviction - and asking the city to intervene.
Residents accuse their property's management company Domus Management of poor communication and bad bookkeeping. For 50 years, Alveries Harper has lived at the Martin Luther King-Marcus Garvey Square Cooperative Apartments. Just two doors down lives one of her closest friends, Lula Jackson - a neighbor she describes more like a sister.
"It would be like losing a family member for her to be put out. I don't know what I would do," Jackson said. In April, Harper, a retired San Francisco Muni driver, received an eviction notice stating she owed $93,000. A second letter later reduced that amount.
"Something is not right. How can you go from $93K to $10K. At first, I'm concerned they have bad bookkeepers," Harper said. Neighbors say Harper is not the only one affected. Jackson, a former president of the Martin Luther King-Marcus Garvey Square Cooperative Apartments board, said at least 10 residents have received similar eviction notices.
"Where are they going to go? We have some 83, 84 where you go up 96, 96 year olds. What are people going to go?
" Jackson said. North Bay tenants fight eviction from affordable housing complex originally built for farmworkers Dede Hewitt, a resident organizer, has been going door to door to help neighbors and is urging city officials to step in. She said she has noticed what she believes is a troubling pattern.
"Targeting of African Americans, particularly those that have been here 40, 50 years or more, where they have amassed more equity," Hewitt said and added, "They should reconcile whatever they assume is owed against the accrued equity. " The cooperative is Section 8 housing, where residents buy into homeownership and receive subsidies from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development for monthly payments. Attorneys with Open Door Legal are now collecting evidence.
Managing housing attorney Tom Lavander said the issue may stem from administrative problems.
"This all traces back to just problems with certification. This is a HUD building. This is all subsidized housing. The residents there have had subsidized housing for many, many years, and they just aren't doing the recertification.
There's been a lot of turnover with management. The current management company was attempting to fix what the last one did, and just a lapse in communication and just a complete failure to both do the necessary certifications and also communicate with the residents, what documents they needed to do, the certifications and the new rent amount that was owed due to the recertifications," Lavander said.
San Francisco Supervisor Bilal Mahmood, who represents the district, said the city is looking into the issue.
"There seems to be a pattern of this property management, having concerning issues at multiple different areas," Mahmood said and added, "So right now, we are looking into building a case and diligence on potentially holding a hearing, later this year to investigate. " Attempts to reach the property management company, Domus, were unsuccessful after being referred to its corporate office. Copyright © 2026 KGO-TV. All Rights Reserved.
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