Located on Yukon Street near the city’s historic Castro neighborhood, the abandoned 2,100-square-foot home has been occupied by a rotating group of squatters over the past five years, according to the San Francisco Standard<\/a>. Neighbors say police have repeatedly been called over the years for drugs, noise and other disturbances.<\/p>\n Property listing photos show boarded-up doors, shattered windows and interior walls covered in graffiti<\/a>. According to local reports, the property is littered with hypodermic needles and squatters left a poop bucket on the top-floor deck.<\/p>\n SPENCER PRATT SAYS HIS POLICY WILL FORCE HOMELESS OUT OF LA AND INTO CITIES LIKE SEATTLE<\/a><\/p>\n A San Francisco property listing inhabited by squatters for five years is being sold for over 1 million dollars. (Getty Images)<\/p>\n The vacant property also lacks running water and electricity, NBC Bay Area<\/a> reported.<\/p>\n Despite its condition, listing agents Zara and James Rowbotham said the home has had “nonstop” showings. The property is already listed as under contract on the Vanguard Properties website<\/a>.<\/p>\n The home’s rapid sale underscores how properties in dilapidated condition can fetch millions of dollars in San Francisco’s limited real estate market<\/a>.<\/p>\n “If this were a single-family, it would have gone in a minute,” Zara Rowbotham told the SF Standard. “It could have reached something like $2 million.”<\/p>\n BIDEN’S ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION SURGE CAUSED HIGHER RENT AND HOME PRICES, FED STUDY FINDS<\/a><\/p>\n The home for sale is on Yukon Street at the edge of Kite Hill in the Eureka Valley neighborhood, according to NBC Bay Area. (iStock via Getty)<\/p>\n The listing’s surprising success comes amid a rise in squatting incidents in California and across the nation in recent years. According to a New York Times report<\/a>, a 2024 survey found that 76 percent of California property owners considered squatting a major issue, with 70 percent of respondents saying they had been victimized by squatters or personally knew someone who had been.<\/p>\n In response, several states have passed aggressive legislation allowing law enforcement to immediately arrest unauthorized occupants and bypass traditional court backlogs. California, however, remains a strict outlier.<\/p>\n CLICK HERE FOR MORE COVERAGE OF MEDIA AND CULTURE<\/a><\/p>\n![\"San](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/san-francisco-population-failed-to-recover.jpeg\")
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