California’s low residential vacancy rates signal more construction
Residential vacancy rates – along with jobs and residential construction – declined rapidly in 2020.
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Category: Property Management
Form-of-the-Week: Option and Exercise of Option to Renew/Extend a Lease – Forms 565 and 566
Lease renewal and extension options – a mutual benefit for the landlord and tenant.
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Change the law: Grant anti-accrual protections for residential tenants
firsttuesday proposes to eliminate the ability of residential landlords to take tenants to small claims court.
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New law to protect low-income tenants from back-rent avalanche
While SB 91 provides important protections for low-income tenants, firsttuesday proposes to grant anti-accrual protections to more tenants suffering hardship, much like the anti-deficiency protections granted to California homeowners.
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May a school district impose school impact fees on a development for university students without children?
AMCAL Chico LLC v. Chico Unified School District
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Is the public entitled to an easement to use trails on a property whose owner continuously attempts to deter trespassers?
Tiburon/Belvedere Residents United to Support the Trails v. Martha Company
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California’s short-term rental bans, examined
Here in California, governments have struggled with how to regulate this type of rental housing.
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California renters moved out in 2020
2020 was a rough year for everyone, with renters and landlords often bearing the brunt of the recession.
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Renting and owning across counties
Homeownership and rental vacancy rates decline across California. Are rentals the future of real estate?
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Letter to the editor: When a landlord is foreclosed upon, what happens to the tenant’s lease, security deposit and any prepaid rents?
Residential tenants have several protections when their rented residence is sold at a foreclosure sale to a new owner.
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Apartment conversions add to rental inventory
2020’s shifting property demands make apartment conversions attractive options for landlords of vacant commercial space.
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Over one-half of renters, one-third of homeowners aren’t sure they can pay next month’s housing payment
Homeowners and renters are deeply insecure about their financial situations in 2020.
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Commercial investors are betting the remote work trend will continue
Commercial property owners will need to get creative as the market adapts to the harsh realities of 2020.
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Law gives tenants in assisted housing more chances to improve their credit scores
With the passage of SB 1157, tenants in buildings receiving government assistance will have a new way to add to their credit histories.
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May a tenant be forced to arbitrate habitability disputes under an arbitration provision in a lease agreement?
Williams v. 3620 W. 42nd Street, Inc.
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College town landlords feel the rent crunch first
Now that the rent cuts have begun, landlords will get in line to remain competitive.
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