The Alameda Rent Program started accepting program annual fee payment for Fiscal Year 2023-24 beginning June 1, 2023. Landlords may submit payment by credit card or e-check through the Rent Registry portal or sending checks by mail. Beginning September 1, 2023, a penalty of 10% of the unpaid program fee will be applied, plus 10% each successive month…
Welcome to the Apartment List September 2023 Rent Report for Los Angeles, CA. Currently, the overall median rent in the city stands at $1,874, roughly the same as last month. Prices remain down 3.2% year-over-year. Read on to learn more about what’s been happening in the Los Angeles rental market and how it compares to…
In response to tropical storm Hillary, the Governor has declared that 12 California counties are under a state of emergency, with a related cap on rent increases. Those counties are: Fresno, Imperial, Inyo, Kern, Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego, Tulare and Ventura. The governor has also declared an additional emergency for Mono County.…
The Supreme Court may hear a challenge to New York State’s Rent Stabilization Law and opinion states that tenants and landlords would be much better off. As reported in the NY Post, “in a case that promises to utterly upend New York politics — and boost the city’s housing market — the Supreme Court may…
Your immediate help is urgently needed to fight against Assembly Constitutional Amendment 13, a devious attempt to forever block initiatives that protect taxpayers. ACA 13 is coming to the Assembly floor for a vote as early as THURSDAY. ACA 13 seeks to make it harder to pass the Taxpayer Protection and Government Accountability Act, our initiative constitutional amendment…
Landlords are required to register rental units pursuant to the Rent Stabilization and Just Cause Eviction Ordinance. SANTA ANA, Calif. – Effective November 18, 2022, the City of Santa Ana enacted the Rent Stabilization and Just Cause Eviction Ordinance (“Ordinance”) to regulate rent increases and evictions for certain rental properties and mobilehome spaces. Under the…
I’m writing today with an urgent request regarding Assembly Constitutional Amendment 1 (ACA 1), the proposed constitutional amendment that would make it easier to raise local taxes for anything labeled “infrastructure” and for certain public housing projects. ACA 1 is a direct attack on Proposition 13. It would change the state Constitution to cut the…
Members of ACCE Action and local tenants rally outside the Antioch City Hall on Tuesday, July 25, 2023, before the City Council considered an ordinance on tenant protections. (ACCE Action) Antioch is strengthening its tenant protections with new rules against landlord retaliation and harassment. After hearing more than three hours of public comments and debate…
The agreement requires the California Department of Housing & Community Development to give pending and denied applicants a fair chance to receive Covid-19 rental assistance June 5, 2023 – A landmark settlement has been reached in a case brought by tenants’ rights advocates alleging that the California Department of Housing & Community Development (HCD) unconstitutionally…
By John Carroll / General Assignment Reporter & Anchor Contributors: Roland Lizarondo / Video Journalist A decades-old law governing rent control in California could change in a big way. This is the third time supporters of rent control have tried to get a measure passed that would give cities and counties the power to establish…