"In April, Harper, a retired San Francisco Muni driver, received an eviction notice stating she owed $93,000. A second letter later reduced that amount. "Something is not right. How can you go from $93K to $10K. At first, I'm concerned they have bad bookkeepers," Harper said. Now, the uncertainty has left her fearing to end up homeless "on the sidewalk," Harper said."
"Neighbors say Harper is not the only one affected. Jackson, a former president of the Martin Luther King-Marcus Garvey Square Cooperative Apartments board, said at least 10 residents have received similar eviction notices. "Where are they going to go? We have some 83, 84 where you go up 96, 96 year olds. What are people going to go?" Jackson said."
"Dede Hewitt, a resident organizer, has been going door to door to help neighbors and is urging city officials to step in. She said she has noticed what she believes is a troubling pattern. "Targeting of African Americans, particularly those that have been here 40, 50 years or more, where they have amassed more equity," Hewitt said and added, "They should reconcile whatever they assume is owed against the accrued equity.""
"For 50 years, Alveries Harper has lived at the Martin Luther King-Marcus Garvey Square Cooperative Apartments. Just two doors down lives one of her closest friends, Lula Jackson - a neighbor she describes more like a sister. "It would be like losing a family member for her to be put out. I don't know what I would do," Jackson said."
Residents at Martin Luther King-Marcus Garvey Square Cooperative Apartments in San Francisco face eviction threats tied to alleged unpaid amounts. Alveries Harper, who has lived there for 50 years, received an eviction notice in April claiming she owed $93,000, followed by a later letter reducing the amount to $10,000. Neighbors report similar notices affecting at least 10 residents. Residents describe uncertainty and fear of homelessness, especially among very elderly neighbors. A resident organizer urges city officials to intervene, citing a pattern she believes targets long-term African American residents who have built equity. The cooperative operates as Section 8 housing, combining resident buy-in homeownership with federal subsidies.
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