California voters approve new measures to combat housing shortage locally
When it comes to California’s housing crisis, residents are saying enough is enough.
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Tag: rent control
POLL: Does rent control provide more housing for lower-income households?
This week’s poll inquires upon readers thoughts on the impact of rent control. Leave us a comment with your experience!
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May a city enforce a local ordinance preventing residential landlords from demanding an above-market rent increase to gain possession when they are exempt from rent control?
San Francisco Apartment Association v. City and County of San Francisco
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California rent increases continue in 2022
Rent increases have continued in 2022. Why are they still rapidly rising when there is a rent cap in California?
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Santa Ana enacts new rent control measures amid staunch resistance
Santa Ana became the first city in Orange County to adopt its own rent control ordinance.
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The Votes Are In: Rent control doesn’t provide low-income housing
Readers weigh in on whether rent control laws provide low-income housing.
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POLL: Does rent control provide more housing for low-income households?
Does rent control provide more housing for low-income households? No. (70%, 49 Votes) Yes. (30%,...
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Letter to the editor: Does California have statewide rent control?
Prop 21, on the November 2020 ballot, may allow local governments to enact broader rent control measures.
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Are occupancies by rent-a-room tenants in separate rooms in a single family residence (SFR) exempt from rent control covering multi-family units?
Owens v. City of Oakland Housing, Residential Rent and Relocation Board
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Does a base year for rent need to precede all prior rent control legislation?
El Rovia Mobile Home Park, LLC v. City of El Monte
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2020’s Tenant Protection Act Part II: Rent caps
The TPA enacts a limitation on rent increases for residential rental properties.
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2020 ballot initiative seeks to expand rent control in California
Rent control is up for debate again.
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Is a landlord subject to a local rental ordinance acting in good faith when the landlord chooses to evict a tenant to occupy their unit when a functionally vacant unit is available?
Reynolds v. Lau Facts: A landlord purchases a multi-unit property subject to a local rent control...
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May a landlord evict a rent-controlled tenant so a family member can occupy their unit when it is questionable the eviction has been conducted in good faith?
DeLisi v. Lam Facts: A landlord purchases a multi-unit property subject to a local rent control...
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California’s rent control problem
This article examines whether or not California’s rent control policies work to keep low-income renters in place, and efforts to change these policies.
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New rent cap bill won’t cap homelessness
Assembly Bill 1482 is a misguided attempt at preserving affordable housing.
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Change the law: Eliminate rent control in favor of more low-income housing
When sufficient rental housing exists to shelter the state’s low-income population, the need for rent control will diminish.
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Residential landlords of rent-controlled units required to approve electric vehicle charging stations
Landlords of residential rent-controlled rental properties must approve requests to install an electric vehicle charging station.
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Prop 10 explained: California’s battle to remove limits on rent control
first tuesday takes a hard look at the issues surrounding Prop 10.
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May a landlord charge higher rent for a rent-controlled unit after entering into a buyout agreement with the former tenant and briefly occupying the unit?
Geraghty v. Shalizi Facts: A landlord of a rent-controlled property intends to move into a...
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