Extreme rent control and anti-housing activists have begun collecting signatures in hopes of qualifying a statewide ballot measure that would repeal the Costa-Hawkins Rental Housing Act. Signature gatherers, bankrolled by…
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An initial hearing is set for legislation that would authorize California cities and counties to impose strict rent controls on single-family homes, condominiums and apartments as soon as they turn…
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…
A newly introduced bill would authorize California cities and counties to impose strict rent controls on single-family homes, condominiums and apartments as soon as they turn 15 years old. The…
California’s First District Court of Appeal has scheduled oral arguments in a lawsuit challenging Berkeley’s application of its local rent control ordinance to several housing units that received new certificates…
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…
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…
