Residents at Thomas Paine Square Apartments in the Fillmore say they’re dealing with substandard living conditions and a city government that hasn’t helped them so far while their landlord ignores their complaints.
It’s the latest saga among the group of affordable housing complexes, mostly developed by Black churches in San Francisco’s Fillmore District 50 to 60 years ago, which in the last decade have entered a period of instability with issues of deferred maintenance and properties changing hands.
Mission Local reports that tenants at Thomas Paine Square, which sits on the block between Turk Street and Golden Gate Avenue, and between Laguna and Buchanan streets, are accusing their landlord and property manager of negligence, with apartments experiencing persistent mold issues, rotting carpets, and more…