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Sued by City, Low-Income Property Owner Sues Back

SAN FRANCISCO-According to one of San Francisco's largest low-income property owners, the city has targeted the low-income housing industry to raise money for its Department of Building Inspection.

By Michelle Savage | Updated on December 10, 2002

SAN FRANCISCO-One of the city’s largest low-income housing landlords has filed a lawsuit against the city of San Francisco that counters a lawsuit filed against it by the city attorney’s office earlier this year.

A faction of Apartment Investment and Management Co., which owns four low-income apartment complexes in the Bayview Hunters Point area, is alleging that a city building inspector is unfairly targeting the company in order to raise millions of dollars for the department.

The lawsuit counters one filed by the city attorney’s office against AIMCO less than a year ago, alleging the housing giant ignored orders to correct mold and structural problems. A San Francisco Department of Building Inspection spokeswoman says the department does not need any extra money and that the litigation was the last resort.

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