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An SF couple announced their pregnancy. The landlords’ response: a 71% rent hike

The tenants say the owners used a $10,000 rent increase to push them out of a Marina home. Now they’re suing.

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What happened

According to The San Francisco Standard’s source item, An SF couple announced their pregnancy. The landlords’ response: a 71% rent hike, The tenants say the owners used a $10,000 rent increase to push them out of a Marina home. Now they’re suing.

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The development sits in VINI’s Bay Area file for local readers tracking public services, civic decisions, transportation, housing, safety, and community life across the Bay Area. The original report is linked so readers can check the source account, follow later updates, and compare new coverage against the first published record. The source item is dated 2026-06-17T13:00:00+00:00.

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Primary source: An SF couple announced their pregnancy. The landlords’ response: a 71% rent hike via The San Francisco Standard. VINI cites and links the source; it does not reproduce the publisher’s full article text without rights clearance.

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