The city of Los Angeles’ Housing Committee unanimously passed a “tenant anti-harassment” ordinance Wednesday, although CAA succeeded in removing the worst parts of the proposal. The ordinance takes a variety…
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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…
The California Apartment Association this week called on members of the rental housing industry to contact state lawmakers and express their concerns about a potential extension of the state’s COVID-19…
Tenant activists and some lawmakers are fighting to prevent California’s COVID-19 eviction moratorium from expiring June 30 as scheduled. The California Apartment Association is evaluating the need for any extension…
CAA is urging state senators to reject a bill that would require rental housing owners to provide a disclosure in five different languages if they suspect a lease guarantor lacks…
Gov. Newsom on Monday announced his intent to pay rental housing providers 100% of the rent owed by tenants who qualify for COVID-19 rental assistance. “This is certainly welcome news,…
Newly introduced legislation aims to maintain housing for formerly homeless individuals who were provided shelter during the pandemic through California’s program known as Project Homekey and Roomkey AB 1360 by…
A key Assembly committee this week approved a CAA-cosponsored bill that would streamline the appeals process for affordable housing developers when local governments violate California’s Housing Accountability Act. The bill,…
Under newly introduced legislation, rental housing owners in California would have to provide a disclosure in five different languages if they suspect a lease guarantor is not proficient in English.…
CAA on Wednesday applauded a newly released Senate budget proposal for including rental assistance and addressing California’s ongoing homelessness crisis and housing shortage. Housing-related highlights from the Senate’s “Build Back…
