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Housing Rights

Team

Shelby Nacino

Shelby Nacino

Program Manager & Staff Attorney, Housing Rights

Shelby Nacino

Program Manager & Staff Attorney, Housing Rights

Shelby Nacino is a Staff Attorney and Program Manager for the Housing Rights Program. Prior to joining ALC, Shelby was a supervising attorney at Legal Assistance to the Elderly where she represented San Francisco seniors facing eviction. While in law school, she interned at the East Bay Community Law Center and the Legal Aid Society's Harlem Community Law Offices. Shelby is committed to fighting against the displacement of low-income communities and communities of color.

Shelby received her J.D. from the University of California, Berkeley.

Our Focus

Home is the place where we lay our heads down at night, find comfort, and care for our loved ones. We provide culturally and linguistically competent assistance to low-income tenants and defend the rights of San Francisco tenants, many of whom are from immigrant communities, seniors, or living with disabilities.

We advocate for local and state policies that preserve housing, create affordable housing options, and decrease inequities in housing and land use. We also engage in community education and outreach.

San Francisco Chinatown residents, Community Tenants Association, and staff from the Asian Law Caucus, Legal Assistance to the Elderly, and Ropes & Gray pose together for a photo celebrating the 2022 Valstock settlement. The group stands behind scrolls of Chinese calligraphy honoring the legal team,

San Francisco Chinatown residents, Community Tenants Association, Asian Law Caucus, Legal Assistance to the Elderly, and Ropes & Gray come together to celebrate their 2022 settlement with Valstock Management that protects Chinatown SRO tenants from displacement and harassment.

Legal Help for San Francisco Tenants

If you’re facing eviction, accumulated rent debt due to COVID-19, or other housing problems in San Francisco, we are here for you. Get help now.

Our Work

Guides & Reports

Know Your Rights: Answers to Frequently Asked Tenant Questions

News

Chinatown Tenants Win Settlement in Discrimination and Harassment Case Against Valstock Management

Chinatown tenants and the Community Tenants Association have won an unprecedented settlement that asserts their right to live peacefully in the neighborhood and buildings they call home.

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Guides & Reports

San Francisco Senior Rights Bulletin

We publish a bulletin on tenants’ rights and other issues to help older San Francisco tenants understand and assert their rights. Read the bulletin in Chinese, English, and Spanish.

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