June 29, 2022 CAA held an informational webinar discussing the various legislative and political challenges that affect your ability to provide quality rental housing in San Mateo and Santa Clara…
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Defeated: San Jose anti-housing proposal that interferes with apartment sales
A San Jose City Council committee on Monday, March 27, rejected a proposal that would have interfered with the right of apartment owners to list their properties for sale on the open market.

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City of San Jose – Housing Payment Equality Ordinance
Effective Sept. 26, 2019, the City of San Jose prohibits discrimination based on a tenant’s source of income, including the receipt of housing subsidies, such as Section 8 Housing Choice Vouchers.
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Complying with San Jose’s Rent Control Law
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In November 2017 the San Jose City Council voted to replace the City’s nearly forty-year-old rent control law with a new rent control ordinance. The new Apartment Rent Ordinance (ARO) took…
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Thanks to the advocacy work of the California Apartment Association, a San Jose city committee declined to advance a rent control plan that would lower the annual allowable rent increase,…
The California Apartment Association has voiced strong opposition to a proposal that would drastically increase fees on tens of thousands of rental housing providers in San Jose, a change driven…
The San Jose City Council on Tuesday voted down the Community Opportunity to Purchase Act (COPA) and additional proposed regulations on housing providers, including the expansion of the rent registry.…
A San Jose City Council committee on Monday, March 27, rejected a proposal that would have interfered with the right of apartment owners to list their properties for sale on…
The San Jose City Council voted unanimously Tuesday to lift its freeze on rent increases at the end of this month. Last year, in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the…
Santa Clara County has entered the yellow tier, the least stringent category under the state’s Blueprint for a Safer Economy. The move has brought a loosening of restrictions generally welcomed…
For the third straight year, Assemblywoman Buffy Wicks has proposed legislation that would force rental housing providers to register their properties with the government.
The California Apartment Association this week published compliance materials to help housing providers navigate San Jose’s new rent-freeze ordinance. On Feb. 2, the San Jose City Council unanimously prohibited rent…
The California Apartment Association has worked with the city of San Jose to require that tenants declare COVID-related financial hardships before qualifying for the city’s new rent freeze. The new…