In today’s political climate, all communities are vulnerable to rent control, which has emerged as a popular approach to address rising rents. In 2016 and 2017, CAA fought rent control…
Costa-Hawkins Act
The Costa-Hawkins Rental Housing Act was passed in 1995. It placed limits on the ability of local governments to enact rent control. Specifically it exempts single family homes/condominiums and post 1995 construction from rental control. It allows landlords to establish initial rental rates for a new tenant – a policy known as vacancy decontrol.
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Amid fierce opposition from the California Apartment Association, a bill that would have authorized cities and counties to expand rent control to tens of thousands of rental units across California…
Lawmaker wants strict rent controls on ‘80s, ’90s units in L.A., San Jose, San Francisco and Oakland and more The California Apartment Association has a warning for rental housing providers…
The California Apartment Association has filed a letter with the California Supreme Court, urging the court to hear an appeal in NCR Properties v. City of Berkeley. The lawsuit challenges…
The Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday voted to make amendments to an anti-housing rent control bill and advance it to the Senate floor, ignoring a torrent of phone calls from…
The Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday voted to make amendments to an anti-housing rent control bill and advance it to the Senate floor, ignoring a torrent of phone calls from…
A newly introduced bill would overhaul the Tenant Protection Act of 2019, or AB 1482, by dramatically lowering the rent cap and applying the limit to previously exempt single-family homes.…
For the second time, a bill proposing strict rent controls on single-family homes, condominiums, and apartments in California has been pulled from the hearing calendar. SB 466, authored by Sen.…
Landlords beware: A new bill in the California Legislature would allow certain individuals to secretly record interactions with rental housing providers as part of investigations into potential discriminatory housing practices.…
