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06/25: The 2025 rules for buyer representation and fee-splitting avoidance are currently being edited into this e-book.
Density bonus laws enable developers to increase density beyond what local zoning regulations allow, while increasing the number of subsidy-free housing for low- and moderate-income households.
A new law establishes Social Security hardship as a defense for tenants facing an unlawful detainer (UD) action when rent payments are interrupted.
A new law approaches the housing shortage from the intuitive angle of reducing local agency discretion — the red tape leash — for adapting vacant commercial structures for reuse as housing projects.
Tenant-occupied residential properties adversely affected by disaster are subject to new legislation placing controls on landlord operations.
Another new law is on the books to encourage ADU growth.
A new law cuts down permit times for small housing developments.
Delivery of property disclosures to buyers is legislated to occur “as soon as practicable” (ASAP) on inquiry from a prospective buyer, well before a purchase agreement setting a price is entered into.
A broker employed by a landlord to market the property to tenants, screen tenants and negotiate lease terms in exchange for a fee uses a Landlord Representation Agreement — the leasing equivalent of a Seller Representation Agreement.
California’s legislature continues to tackle the state’s decade long housing shortage.