ATTENTION: ALAMEDA RENTAL PROPERTY OWNERS!
ATTENTION: ALAMEDA RENTAL PROPERTY OWNERS! If you have recently served a notice of a rent increase, or if you intend to serve a notice of a rent increase, please read the following carefully.
Supes Pass New Law Calling Certain Rent Increases “Tenant Harassment” By – Sean Makarin, Esq.
On January 15, 2019, the Board of Supervisors unanimously passed an ordinance amending the wrongful eviction and tenant harassment sections of the Rent Ordinance. The amendment takes aim at the Costa-Hawkins rent increases allowed on condos and single-family residences (SFRs), and is meant to prohibit owners of SFRs and condos from circumventing eviction controls through…
Convicted Felon Kills Landlord Over $30 Rent Increase Don’t Mean to Scare You But…. by Patricia A. Harris
I recently watched a true-to-life episode of “ID” and the program was about a female tenant who was being evicted for non-payment of rent. The tenant, who had resided in the building for over five years actually had a good relationship with her landlord, even though she constantly failed to pay her rent. The tenant…