Rent-controlled buildings in San Francisco by neighborhood
This index covers 12,310 locations across 36 neighborhoods in San Francisco, from the San Francisco Rent Board's housing inventory, about 181,687 apartments in total. San Francisco rent control generally covers buildings occupied before 13 June 1979, capping the annual increase and requiring just cause to end a tenancy. The inventory is published anonymized to the block, not the individual address.
5 neighborhoods with fewer than 5 locations were left off rather than published as near-empty pages. Start with your neighborhood, or open the map.
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New York City: apartments listed for housing vouchers
Find A Crib's voucher feed covers New York City only — every night it rebuilds the list of DHCR-registered rent-stabilized buildings with an apartment listed for Section 8 and other housing vouchers, from the overnight AffordableHousing.com feed. See the current New York City voucher listings, or read the daily brief on which buildings came on and off the market. There is no equivalent feed for San Francisco yet.
Frequently asked questions
How many locations in San Francisco does this index list?
12,310 locations across 36 neighborhoods, from the San Francisco Rent Board's housing inventory. A further 5 neighborhoods had fewer than 5 locations and are not broken out here, rather than published as near-empty pages. The inventory is published anonymized to the block, not the individual address.
Which neighborhood in San Francisco has the most locations?
Sunset/Parkside, with 1,334 of the 12,310 locations listed here (10.8%). West of Twin Peaks follows with 883. That is where this dataset records them, which is not the same as where every regulated unit in San Francisco is.
How old are the locations in this index?
The median build year across the 12,227 with a recorded year is 1928. Build year is what the assessor recorded; the ordinance turns on when the certificate of occupancy was issued, so treat it as an indication rather than a ruling.