But because SB 541 was not law, they were able to have their case heard without putting the money into escrow.
The court ordered Breuner to maintain the middle- and low-income housing rates until 2014, and Guild is still a resident of The Piano Factory.
She worries that other tenants will not have their day in court.
"This law is so incredibly anti-democratic, I can't believe we're considering it," Guild adds.
Guild says many properties with state-mandated below-market rents exist throughout the state. Should SB 541 become law, she says, their tenants will not have the recourse she did should their landlords change the terms of the leases.
"This is going to be a crisis throughout the state. We just happened to be the first, like a canary in a coal mine," she says.
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