Extreme rent control and anti-housing activists are again planning a statewide voter initiative to take down the Costa-Hawkins Rental Housing Act, California’s most important landlord protection law. Last week, initiative…
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The California Apartment Association and the San Francisco Apartment Association this week filed a joint amicus brief in a case challenging Berkeley’s determination that several properties are subject to the…
The California Supreme Court on Wednesday declined to review a lower-court decision that undermines the Costa-Hawkins Rental Housing Act, a 1995 state law that places limits on local rent control…
A bill that would have weakened the Costa-Hawkins Rental Housing Act has died for the year after failing to receive a single committee hearing in the state Assembly. The California…
Newly introduced legislation takes aim at both the Costa-Hawkins Rental Housing Act and corporate landlords by opening the door to local rent controls on single-family homes. AB 1791 by Assemblyman…
The California Apartment Association on Thursday urged the state Supreme Court to review a lower-court decision that undermines the Costa-Hawkins Rental Housing Act, a 1995 state law that places limits…
San Francisco can keep restricting certain rent increases on single-family homes, condominiums and newer apartments That’s the takeaway from a California Court of Appeal decision this week upholding a San…
California Apartment Association has filed a brief in a case challenging an attempt by San Francisco to circumvent state law and limit rent increases on single-family homes. The Costa-Hawkins Rental…
With a pandemic, a recession, riots, and wildfires, it’s safe to chalk up 2020 as a horrible year for just about everyone. Landlords certainly had it tough. Unpaid rents, rising vacancies, and unreasonable eviction restrictions made operations…
Once again, the California Apartment Association has helped keep extreme forms of rent control out of the state. Thanks largely to a campaign led by CAA, voters in Tuesday’s election…