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Chances are good that legislation addressing bed bugs will surface this year.
After all, bed bugs are surfacing in increasing numbers, creating headaches for landlords and tenants alike.
State lawmakers, in turn, are mulling a standard response to bed bug infestations. A bed bug bill would likely cover detection, disclosure and remediation. To help guide any policy discussion, CAA points to its material on bed bugs.
Watch for news on potential legislation in the weeks to come. In the meantime, do your part to fight bed bugs by taking an electronic survey.
UC researchers want to assess the impact bed… Read More
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Question: How can we enforce the entry rules clause in our lease? One of our residents is refusing to show the rental unit to a prospective purchaser of the building.
Answer: California’s Civil Code, among other permitted uses, specifically requires residential tenants to allow the landlord to show the rental unit to prospective purchasers and their agents. Failure to comply could lead to an action for unlawful detainer after service of a three-day notice to perform or quit if the resident refused to give reasonable dates and times for the entry.
Question: I have a tenant who is driving everyone… Read More
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Property owners can now charge a rental applicant up to $45.99 to cover screening fees, such as a credit check and time spent gathering information on the prospective tenant.
The new maximum fee, permitted since December 2014, is 83 cents higher than last year’s fee and is based on changes in the Consumer Price Index.
Members can follow this link for a more in-depth explanation of what owners can do – and what they can’t – related to application charges.
The California Apartment Association next week will help address housing issues facing the Inland Empire.
Tom Bannon, chief executive officer for CAA, will speak at “Housing the Future: The Inland Empire as Southern California’s Indispensable Geography.” Bannon is taking part as a member of the Industry Solutions Panel.
The symposium is Thursday, Feb. 5, at the DoubleTree Hotel in Ontario. Local leaders at the event will discuss the Inland Empire’s great potential and its unique challenges.
National CORE, a nonprofit affordable housing developer, has commissioned a series of studies on how the market can begin producing enough homes that families… Read More
When he was 13, Brian Govender and his family moved into a San Francisco apartment with rent control.
Naturally, the boy didn’t sign the lease. His parents, being grownups, took care of that.
Fast forward a decade. Govender, now in his mid-20s, still lives in the rent-controlled apartment. His parents do not.
This posed an interesting question regarding when rent control can expire. On one hand, Govender was a young teen when he moved in, so he didn’t sign the rental agreement. Some might say rent control protections for the unit lapsed when his parents moved out. Others would consider… Read More
Question: One of our single tenants who was renting a small one bedroom unit recently died. There are still three months remaining on his lease. What should I do with the security deposit?
Answer: A tenancy for a specified term does not terminate on the death of either the landlord or the tenant. Once the executor or administrator of the decedent’s estate returns possession, you should account for the use of the deposit and direct the accounting to the administrator or executor.
Question: I understand that if a building contains 16 or more units there must be a resident manager.… Read More
Question: This month’s rent check from a tenant had a second name printed below the tenant’s name on the upper left corner of the check. If I cash the check for this month’s rent, am I changing the terms of tenancy?
Answer: The mere fact that another person is listed on the check does not change the terms of the tenancy. You should inquire about the other person or find other ways to determine if there is an unauthorized occupant, and if so, either have the extra person apply for residency or serve a 3-day notice to perform covenants or… Read More
The California Apartment Association will present a pair of economic forecasts in the next week – one in the Silicon Valley, the other in Southern California.
Both events take place Thursday, Jan. 29.
At the Southern California event, Greg Willett of MPF Research will speak at CAA Orange County’s Professional Property Managers’ Forum in In Newport Beach.
Willett, head of the research and analysis team at MPF, tracks and evaluates evaluating trends in multifamily market fundamentals. He is well versed on multifamily market conditions and activity nationally, by metro, and in many individual neighborhoods.
Willett began his tenure in the… Read More
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The California Apartment Association is taking a close look at proposed revisions to Proposition 65 warning regulations.
Released Jan. 16 by the Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment, the revisions are intended to provide more information to consumers and other members of the public.
While the current proposal is less onerous for the rental housing industry than the earlier version, significant issues remain, both with the proposed regulations and Proposition 65 in general.
In addition to analyzing the regulations, CAA will continue to work with its partners, such as the California Chamber of Commerce, and submit comments where necessary.
Enacted… Read More