The COVID-19 emergency and eviction moratorium have left a large number of [California] housing providers with unpaid rent—often in the tens of thousands of dollars. If you are among those who find themselves in this situation, what can you do to recover this unpaid rent? Step One: Talk to Your Renter First Your first step…
California state law that allows rent hikes to rise with inflation and landlords are allowed rent increases up to 10% — as long as those properties aren’t covered by local rent control. That has increased pressure to pass stricter forms of local rent control in some cities. Below are cities that have recently adopted their own…
Only 16% of nearly half a million renters who applied for rent relief from the state of California have been paid, according to a new analysis released in March. And the clock is ticking: Under state law, landlords will be able to evict tenants who failed to pay rent by April 1. Of more than 488,000…
Standard Evictions Can Now Proceed! The California statute defines “COVID-19 recovery period rental debt” as rental debt of a tenant under a tenancy that came due between October 1, 2021, and March 31, 2022. Rental debt that became due during this time was subject to numerous requirements. One of the main requirements is that landlords…
On March 24th, 2020, state and local officials made emergency declarations because of a deadly virus that has now claimed the lives of over 816,000 Americans (Coronavirus COVID-19 (2019-nCoV) (arcgis.com). At that time, there were many unknowns. Overnight, millions of people were out of work, while others were dying of a mysterious virus. We gave…
Photo by Karolina Grabowska from Pexels Federal Legislation governing rent assistance presented states with three options: State Rental Assistance Program, the Block Grant Option, or having part of the state allocation distributed through local jurisdictions. California chose to run the program in smaller jurisdictions, but offered larger jurisdictions the ability to elect to run their own programs.…