Betty Rose Allen says eviction battle took a toll on her mother Beatriz’s health in yet another case that highlights the deleterious effects of the tech industry on the city’s affordable housingWhen doctors said Beatriz Allen might only occupy a few weeks left to live,death was not the biggest threat looming over her family. Her landlords had set a deadline of 9 May for her eviction – right around the time that doctors predicted she might die.
The eviction battle gave the 81-year-mature San Francisco woman nightmares, and took a toll on her waning health, and according to her family. And on 30 April,Allen went to sleep and never woke up.
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Source: theguardian.com