Modern mandatory appliances for tenants
New legislation mandates a working stove and refrigerator for residential units available for rent or lease.
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Tag: landlords and tenants
Landlords allow tenant options for internet providers or pay up
Landlords may not mandate the use of a specific internet service provider without allowing tenants to opt out.
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Form-of-the-Week: Landlord and Seller Representation Agreement — Forms 106 and 102
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.
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Form-of-the-Week: Commercial lease agreement — percentage and month-to-month — Forms 552-4 and 552-5
A landlord, tenant, leasing agent or property manager when negotiating rent payments as a percentage of a non-residential tenant’s gross sales uses a Commercial Lease Agreement of the percentage variety to set the terms for a fixed-term tenancy or uses the month-to-month variety to prepare a Commercial Rental Agreement for a periodic tenancy.
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Form-of-the-Week: Commercial lease agreements — Gross variety — 552 and 552-1
A landlord, tenant, leasing agent or property manager uses a Commercial Lease Agreement of the gross variety for projects with a single tenant or multiple tenants when the landlord retains the obligations to manage and pay for most or all property operating expenses such as property taxes, insurance and maintenance during the tenancy.
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Increased protections for small commercial tenants
A qualified commercial tenant receives tenant protections, including a longer period of time for notice of an increase in rent and termination of tenancy, more documentation in a change of building operating costs charged the tenant and translation requirements when negotiating a lease agreement.
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Form-of-the-Week: Commercial Lease Agreements — Net variety — Forms 552-2 and 552-3
A landlord, tenant, leasing agent or property manager uses a Commercial Lease Agreement of the net variety for a single-user tenant to document the terms of the tenancy negotiated when the payment of most or all property operating expenses including property taxes, insurance and maintenance incurred during the tenancy is shifted to the tenant.
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Form-of-the-Week: Commercial Lease Agreement — Form 552 series
A landlord or property manager uses a Commercial Lease Agreement – Gross – Single Tenant to lease commercial property to a tenant for a fixed term.
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Mobilehome park owners must be in good legal standing to evict tenants or raise rents
Mobilehome parks are required to be registered and titled
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May a shopping mall landlord avoid a lease agreement provision reducing a tenant’s rent when the level of occupancy drops in the property?
The California Supreme Court holds rent provisions based on occupancy levels are enforceable.
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Changes to application screening fees charged by residential landlords
Landlords now need to actually have a unit readily available for a prospective tenant to occupy when they demand a screening fee for reviewing an application for approval or denial.
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Mandated landlord credit-reporting offer to improve tenant credit scores
Residential landlords are now obligated to offer to report a tenant’s positive rental payment information to at least one nationwide consumer reporting agency.
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May a landlord maintain an unlawful detainer (UD) action against a tenant when the landlord provides an ambiguous three-day notice to pay rent?
A California appeals court holds an unlawful detainer (UD) action needs an unambiguous three-day notice to pay to recover possession from a tenant.
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New law takes aim at “junk fees” from California landlords
Landlords may no longer charge fees for posting or serving eviction notices or notices to vacate to residential tenants or for accepting rent or security deposit payments by check. Security deposits charged a military service member renting as a residential tenant, when higher than the security deposit charged others, require specific steps.
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Mobilehome owners install solar energy systems without park owner interference
California’s legislature promotes solar energy by empowering owners and tenants of mobilehomes to freely install and use solar energy systems without any type of interference from the owner or manager of the mobilehome park.
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Is a residential landlord liable for injuries caused by a tenant’s dogs when the landlord is unaware the dogs are potentially violent?
In re: Fraser v. Farvid Facts: A landlord rents a single family residence (SFR) to a tenant. The...
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Is a tenant in a subsidized low-income housing development entitled to money losses when a landlord serves an improper notice to terminate the tenancy?
Campbell v. FPI Management, Inc. Facts: A residential landlord rents a unit in a federally...
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Tenants with disabilities may move to accessible units within the property
Calif. Civil Code §1954.53
Amended to add subsection 4(A) by AB 1620
Effective date: January 1, 2024
