How does eviction history affect a building’s odds of winning the conversion lottery?
Buildings from which an elderly, disabled or catastrophically ill tenant was evicted after November 16, 2004, for reasons unrelated to the tenant’s behavior, are not eligible to participate in the Pool A lottery selection process, and are made part of the Pool B drawing only after the first three quarters of the winners have been selected. Eviction history is initially determined through a sworn statement by applicant owners, and subsequently verified through the records of the San Francisco Rent Board and San Francisco Human Rights Commission. As noted above, the inability to participate in Pool A is very significant because it is only through Pool A that a building is theoretically guaranteed to win the lottery eventually. The limitation on Pool B eligibility further diminishes the possibility that a building with a post-November 2004 protected tenant eviction will be selected. According to the written law, buildings from which an elderly, disabled or catastrophically ill tenant was
