An appellate court’s interpretation of California’s Costa-Hawkins Rental Housing Act could invite more cities and counties to impose rent control on substantially rebuilt housing. California’s First District Court of Appeal…
News
The California Apartment Association has filed its opening brief ahead of a hearing on its legal challenge to the Pasadena rent control measure adopted in the November election. CAA filed…
A federal judge has denied CAA’s request to allow for an immediate appeal of an unfavorable ruling issued in November in its lawsuit challenging the Alameda County eviction moratorium. CAA…
Supervisors reject trio of anti-housing proposals Nearly three years after instituting California’s harshest COVID-19 eviction moratorium, the Alameda County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday voted to let the eviction restrictions…
OAKLAND — A trio of rental housing providers on Monday called on the Alameda County Board of Supervisors to finally end its COVID-19 eviction moratorium and stop inviting tenants to…
Take CAA’s Landlord 101 webinar — now available on-demand.
A state Senate bill introduced this year would prohibit most California landlords from using criminal background checks as part of the tenant screening process. The legislation, SB 460 by Sen.…
A newly introduced bill would limit a landlord’s use of credit reports when screening prospective tenants with Section 8 housing vouchers or other government rent subsidies. The bill, SB 267…
The California Apartment Association is offering a 90-minute webinar next week to help new landlords build a successful future in the rental housing business while upholding the highest ethical standards.…
The city of Los Angeles is exploring policies that together would further regulate the use of ratio utility billing systems (RUBS) and provide publicly funded legal counsel for tenants facing…