Rents are through the roof in The City, and evictions have soared. But something less publicized and more difficult to measure — tenant harassment — is also on the rise.

From repeated aggressive buyout offers to lock-outs, tenants and their advocates claim the red-hot real estate market has increased harassment by landlords as they try to force tenants out of rent-controlled units in order to charge market rates.

via Supervisors to consider law targeting tenant harassment | Government & Politics | San Francisco | San Francisco Examiner.