根据旧金山市房屋委员会的数据，驱逐通知增加了44%，房东纷纷抢购房屋，这让租客们感到焦虑不安。要说玛丽亚·萨穆迪奥（Maria Zamudio）和她的团队最近很忙，那绝对是极度轻描淡写。
According to city’s rent board, eviction notices are up 44% and tenants are on edge over landlords swooping in over their homes To say that Maria Zamudio and her team have been busy lately would be a gross understatement.
每周一上午9点，旧金山住房权利委员会市中心诊所的电话就开始响个不停，一直持续到下午5点关门。面对驱逐或房东不当行为的租客，其面对面咨询预约往往提前几天就已额满。每个周末过后，七名工作人员就会坐在办公室里，筛选超过150条语音留言。租房援助热线平均每周接到200个电话。
Every Monday at 9am, the phone lines at the downtown clinic of San Francisco’s Housing Rights Committee start ringing, and they keep ringing until closing at 5 pm. In-person counseling appointments for renters facing eviction or landlord misconduct fill days in advance. After every weekend, the staff of seven sits in their office and sifts through more than 150 voicemails. The rental assistance hotline averages 200 calls a week.
