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The California Apartment Association is supporting a bill that would add protections for property owners and tenants who make calls to law enforcement for help.
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A law in Hesperia that allows the police chief to order the eviction of tenants from rental housing violates the U.S. Constitution, the California Apartment Association says in a letter to the city.
The police chief’s eviction authority is part of Hesperia’s Crime Free Rental Housing ordinance, a pilot program that took effect Jan. 1.
The ordinance also requires criminal background screenings, conducted by the Police Department, for all prospective tenants and mandates registration and inspection of all covered properties as well as the use a of crime-free addendum.
“Unfortunately, compliance guidance is impossible to provide as many key provisions… Read More
Changes to pilot program mark another victory for rental housing in High Desert
Hesperia is launching a more palatable version of its crime-free rental housing program, thanks to the government affairs work of CAA Greater Inland Empire.
The California Apartment Association worked to remove two problematic components from the pilot program, which takes effect in this High Desert city Jan. 1.
The troublesome elements would have forced rental property owners to pay more for the program, while opening them up to potential litigation.
Under the city’s previous plans, property owners faced a fee schedule ranging from $37.50 to $50 per… Read More
The California Apartment Association helped derail legislation that would make running background checks on prospective tenants overly complicated and a magnet for unwarranted lawsuits.
In May, Assemblyman Reginald Jones-Sawyer, D-Los Angeles, withdrew this year’s efforts to pass AB 396, which got as far as the Appropriations Committee.
The author had cited four goals with AB 396:
To reduce recidivism rates by providing stable housing.
To keep families together.
To prevent homelessness.
To prohibit unfair discrimination that is based upon reasons that have no bearing on the success of a tenancy.
Despite laudable goals, AB 396 would have had several undesirable… Read More
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The California Apartment Association and state Sen. Jerry Hill, D-San Mateo, believe legislation spelling this out is necessary — and would help prevent all too frequent scams associated with the practice.
In addition to requiring those who offer prepaid rental listings to hold a real estate license, Hill’s SB 269 would mandate that those selling prepaid rental lists include their real estate license number on contracts with prospective tenants.
A prospective tenant might want to buy a prepaid rental list to avoid the time and hassle of searching through classified ads, scouring Craigslist, searching rental-housing websites — and even driving… Read More
When landlords in Fresno County evict a tenant, they’ll now fill out paperwork intended to make the process safer.
The Fresno County Sheriff’s Office on Wednesday unveiled a revised “letter of instruction” for landlords to complete before authorities serve notices on tenants losing their homes.
Law enforcement officials discussed the form during an educational luncheon hosted by the California Apartment Association in Fresno and covered by CBS 47 TV.
“Not that we weren’t being as safe as we could before, but we saw where we could improve,” Deputy Doug Richardson told the station.
CAA tapped Fresno attorney Steve Hrdlicka to… Read More