98 year old woman evicted has been making headlines in recent days after latest reports update that the 98 year old woman evicted has not been dispossessed after all. The news of the 98 year old woman evicted prompted huge protests and extreme backlash towards the San Francisco real estate firm who had the 98 year old woman evicted.
According to the San Francisco Gate, it has been confirmed that the 98 year old woman evicted has already been allowed to remain in her home. The decision and statement came Friday after the founder of the San Francisco real estate firm who owns the building where the old woman was living, was charged by activists.
The Business Insider reports the name of the 98 year old woman evicted as Mary Phillips. She reportedly received an Ellis Act eviction notice the previous year, which states that landlords in California are temporarily go out of business so they can resell their property at higher prices.
Since news of 98 year old woman evicted broke out, a barrage of protest was held attacking Urban Green Investments, the real-estate investment who wants to resell Philips' home.
Erin McElroy of Eviction Free San Francisco said in the notice, '[Urban Green] is taking advantage of a political economy that the tech community has fuelled.'
On Wednesday, SF Gate reports that dozens of protesters demonstrated and gathered outside Urban Green offices after news of 98 year old woman evicted broke out. Protesters reportedly believed that Urban Green Investments founder, David McCloskey, was responsible for the evictions of countless people throughout the city, and not only Phillips. According to protesters with Eviction Free SF, the company only used the Ellis Act to repeatedly evict San Francisco's low-income tenants. Protesters also said that the company is flipping properties in order to cash in on the city's booming, tech-stimulated real estate market.
The protesters demanded McCloskey to allow Phillips and her caretaker, Sarah Brandt, continued access to their homes.
Apparently, it appears that Urban Green felt pressured by the protests despite the company avoiding confrontation with protesters and ignoring press requests for comment.
On Friday, Urban Green CEO David McCloskey released a statement regarding the 98 year old woman evicted and said that Phillips will now be allowed to remain residence inside her Mission neighbourhood apartment for the rest of her life, and for free.
McCloskey addressed the issue of the 98 year old woman evicted and said in the statement, 'Urban Green Investments and 55 Dolores Street, LLC have offered Mary Phillips the opportunity to remain in her home for the rest of her life with no cost to Mary. This offer was first communicated to Ms. Phillips' lawyer in March 2014, and has been the topic of negotiation ever since then.'
The statement also pointed out that the decision was only announced to the public due to the prevalent attention from the media. The company's decision regarding the 98 year old woman evicted was already being settled privately between the company and Phillips, the statement said.
McCloskey stated, 'Contrary to recent reports, we have always planned to provide for Mary in this way. We have made no comment about Ms. Phillips' situation to this date as we have been negotiating with her attorney in good faith, but the recent media reports have made today's comment necessary in order to clarify the facts.'
On the other side of the spectrum, Phillips has already openly expressed her desires of staying in her apartment despite the eviction notice. She told KRON, 'They're going to have to take me out of here feet first. Just because of your age, don't let people push you around.'
Meanwhile, despite Urban Green's statement regarding their decision on the 98 year old woman evicted did not include her caretaker. Reports say that Phillips' caretaker may still be forced to move out despite the company's indulgence.
According to the Business Insider, an Attorney Steve Collier, whose relations to Phillips remains unclear, emailed them about Urban Green's statement addressing the issue on the 98 year old woman evicted. He suggested that the company's decision allowing Phillips to stay 'is just an illusory offer'.
98 year old woman evicted being given back her apartment for free, but without allowing her caretaker residence is, in Collier's opinion, a deception. Collier said, 'The reality is that offering the 98 year old Mary Phillips the opportunity to live alone in a construction zone without her close friend and caregiver being able to stay in the building is an illusory offer, and UGI knows that. UGI's efforts in publicizing settlement discussions is an attempt to deflect media attention away from their speculative evictions of seniors and disabled long-term tenants at this and other properties that they have purchased.'
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