The oil spill in in Southern California has led to a temporary cap on rent increases in Orange County. The restrictions follow an emergency declaration by Gov. Newsom that activated…
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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…
A new attempt is afoot to undermine Proposition 13 at the ballot box, and this time, high-value residential properties, including rental housing, are being targeted. Organized labor, specifically Service Employees…
Although many renters continue to suffer financially due to the pandemic, predictions that COVID-19 would trigger a “tsunami” of evictions have not come to pass and stemmed largely from faulty…
Assemblyman David Chiu, the author of California’s statewide rent cap legislation and a key negotiator of the COVID-19 eviction moratorium, has been tapped by San Francisco Mayor London Breed to…
Although many aspects of California’s eviction moratorium have lapsed, the state’s emergency rental assistance program continues to take applications and cut checks. During a CAA webinar on Wednesday, state administrators…
In response to a letter from the California Apartment Association, the city of Fremont is clarifying that landlords can apply for COVID-19 rental assistance through the city’s “Keep Fremont Housed”…
Los Angeles County Supervisors on Tuesday ignored a coalition of L.A. residents, housing providers and business groups calling on the board to lift its eviction moratorium and instead extended the…
The Contra Costa Board of Supervisors on Tuesday rejected a proposal to extend a moratorium on no-fault evictions. The proposal also included a prohibition on evicting tenants for allowing an…
The California Apartment Association – in conjunction with the San Francisco Apartment Association — has helped prevent San Francisco from imposing an illegal COVID-19 eviction moratorium that would keep eviction…