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The California Apartment Association’s Whitney Benzian appeared on television Monday to discuss CAA San Diego’s philanthropic efforts to end homelessness in the city. Benzian, executive director of CAA’s San Diego division, appeared on KUSI’s Good Morning San Diego, along with Kris Michel, CEO of the Downtown San Diego Partnership. CAA’s members have donated about $18,000 to the Partnership’s Make Change Count program to end homelessness. The program allows the public to make donations at collection boxes that resemble red parking meters along curbs in San Diego. KUSI News – San Diego, CA Related content: CAA helps fight homelessness in downtown… Read More

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The top rental housing communities in Los Angeles — and the companies and individuals behind their excellence — received prestigious accolades Thursday, Nov. 19, from the California Apartment Association. The CAA Los Angeles division recognized the following during the L.A. Signature Awards event: PROPERTY OF THE YEAR: UP TO 199 UNITS Park West Village, First Pointe Management Group PROPERTY OF THE YEAR: 200-399 UNITS Avalon Marina Bay, AvalonBay Communities PROPERTY OF THE YEAR: 400 UNITS AND UP Eaves Phillips Ranch, AvalonBay Communities BEST NEW CONSTRUCTION: GREATER LOS ANGELES The Brand, Holland Partner Group BEST RESTORATION/REHAB: GREATER LOS ANGELES Met Lofts,… Read More

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The California Apartment Association now has forms and an instruction sheet available to its members for complying with a pesticide-notification law taking effect Jan. 1, 2016. Under the new regulations, landlords and apartment complex employees who apply pesticides on a rental property must first notify their tenants. Click here for the forms. Note, you’ll need to sign in to access this material. Since 1984, California law has required specific notification requirements of pest control companies when they apply pesticides at residential properties. SB 328 by Sen. Ben Hueso, D-Logan Heights, extends these requirements to landlords, their employees and agents when… Read More

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Question: If I gave a resident a 30-day notice of rent increase which ends on the 10th of the following month, can I charge the resident pro-rated rent for the first nine days at the daily rental value before the rent increase and the other 21 days at the daily rental value of the increased amount? Answer: Yes, the rent increase is effective 30 calendar days from the date of service of the increase. The notice has to be for 60 days if the rent increase is more than 10 percent from what it was one year before. Question: Is… Read More

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California Assemblyman Tony Thurmond is putting together legislation that would leverage tax credits to address the Bay Area’s shortage of affordable housing, the San Francisco Business Times reported Tuesday. The Richmond Democrat, who held a town hall meeting on housing this month in Oakland, said he’s prepared to pitch the idea to Gov. Jerry Brown, the article says. Thurmond may have his work cut out for him, considering that the governor has rejected several tax-credit based proposals as of late, including Assembly Bill 35, which would have increased California’s Low Income Housing Tax Credit by $300 million for the construction… Read More

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CAA’s Whitney Benzian recently discussed San Diego’s downtown rental market with Smarter San Diego TV. While local folks can watch it at 11 a.m. Sunday on Channel 4 San Diego, everyone can catch the interview now via the YouTube clip below. The roughly nine-minute clip shows Benzian, executive director of CAA’s San Diego division, speaking with Nicole Hazelton, owner of Hazelton and Associates, and Smarter San Diego’s host, Derrick Evens. Among other things, Benzian talks about the beginning of construction on Ballpark Village across from Petco Park. “It’s the next big building downtown in the East Village,” he says, adding… Read More

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In cities without enough long-term housing, Airbnb doesn’t want its business model to exacerbate the problem. That’s the gist of a blog post Wednesday from the home-sharing giant. In the post, Airbnb vows to work with cities reporting a shortage of long-term rental housing yet lots of Airbnb listings. The post also announces Airbnb’s community compact. “In these cities, we will work with our community to prevent short-term rentals from impacting the availability of long-term rental housing by ensuring hosts agree to a policy of listing only permanent homes on a short-term basis,” says the compact, which also promises greater… Read More

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HIF is one of San Mateo County’s “Housing Heroes” after being nominated by the California Apartment Association. San Mateo County recognized the Housing Industry Foundation on Oct. 22 during a ceremony at the Redwood Shores Library in Redwood City. “Over the past three years, HIF, through its Emergency Housing Grant program, has served 1,437 families throughout San Mateo and Santa Clara counties who were homeless or at risk of  homelessness, totaling over one million dollars in grant funding,” says a nomination form submitted by CAA’s Tri-County  Division. HIF also contributed nearly $440,000 in housing-assistance funds and completed $355,000 in special… Read More

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Question: Must three-day notices to pay rent or quit be served to all delinquent tenants at the same time? We manage a large apartment community and sometimes have a multiple of notices to serve. Answer: California law does not require that you serve three-day notices to all delinquent residents at the same time. It is a good idea to do so, however, in order to avoid the appearance of favoritism or discriminatory conduct. Question: Our tenants have a one-year lease. They gave me a 30-day notice of intent to vacate two months short of the one-year lease expiration. What should… Read More

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Greater Fresno’s rental housing elite received accolades Saturday night during the 18th annual Mark of Distinction Awards Banquet. The California Apartment Association event drew roughly 800 members to the Fresno Convention Center in downtown. Serving as master of ceremonies during the elegant evening was local CAA board member and attorney Steven R. Hrdlicka. Awards went to winners in 19 categories. All nominees participated in a phone call interview with a judge for each category. Winners received a crystal vase that they can proudly display at their respective properties, as well as certificates of recognition from various elected officials. And the… Read More

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