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Both the city and county of Los Angeles this week advanced policies that will require landlords to consider applicants who would use Section 8 to help pay their rent.
The ordinances – one for the city of L.A., the other for the county’s unincorporated areas – will prohibit landlords from rejecting applicants based on their use of housing vouchers and other government assistance. Further, the laws will prohibit landlords from advertising that Section 8 is not accepted at their properties.
While the city ordinance is expected to take effect in January 2020, the county has not yet determined an effective date for its… Read More
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A California Apartment Association-led business coalition this week defeated a pair of rent control ordinances proposed for the city of Anaheim.
Early Wednesday, after meeting for more than 12 hours, the council rejected both measures on a 5-2 vote.
The ordinances threatened to cap rent increases at 5% plus the rate of inflation for at least six months, time the city would have used researching permanent rent control policies.
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The California Apartment Association has issued a background paper and will hold a seminar to help rental housing owners in San Diego comply with a Section 8-related ordinance taking effect in the city effect Aug. 1.
The “source of income” ordinance
will require landlords to consider for tenancy all applicants with the ability
to pay for a given unit, including those who would pay their rent using Section
8. The law bans blanket policies against renting to voucher holders, as well as
advertisements to that effect. Moreover, under the ordinance, landlords can no
longer reject an applicant based on the… Read More
You’re likely familiar with the federal tax reform law
enacted in 2017. After all, it reduced tax rates for businesses and
individuals, increased the standard deduction and family tax credits, and limited
deductions for state and local income taxes and property taxes, among other
things.
However, you may not be familiar with a particular provision of that law, and related IRS guidance, that provides an opportunity specific to rental real estate businesses.
Some members of the Los Angeles City Council want to impose
a tax on rental housing owners who keep apartments vacant.
If the idea gains traction, the council could put an “empty homes penalty” before voters in November 2020.
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The California Apartment Association is calling on its members to speak out against a package of landlord-tenant proposals that would bring rent and eviction controls to the city of Concord.
CAA asks
that rental housing providers speak out at the Concord City Council meeting on
Wednesday, June 19, and email council members today.
At Wednesday’s meeting, the council will vote on the following:
“Just cause”
eviction ordinance: limits
your ability to regain possession of your property or evict problem tenants.
Tenant relocation
fee: a forced payment to the
tenant of up to three times the market rent if you don’t renew a lease.
Binding arbitration: a mandatory requirement for you to justify rent… Read More
As expected, the Long Beach City Council on Tuesday formalized its approval of an ordinance that will effectively cap rent increases at 10% on the city’s older apartment buildings and limit the ability of landlords to terminate tenancies.
Approval of the second reading came on a 6-3 vote, the same as with last month’s first reading.
A referendum filed with the support of the California Apartment Association, Contra Costa, will prevent El Cerrito’s “just cause” for eviction ordinance from taking effect next week.
Working with hundreds of local property owners, the business community, real estate leaders and concerned citizens, CAA submitted a petition on behalf of local residents with at least 2,159 signatures to El Cerrito’s city clerk, considerably more than the 1,631 valid voter signatures needed to qualify the referendum.
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Despite
strong opposition from the California Apartment Association, the San Rafael
City Council passed a “just cause” eviction and mandatory-mediation ordinance Monday
on a 3-1 vote.
The just-cause eviction
ordinance will prevent landlords from terminating tenancies without
proving that a specified cause exists. Such policies drag out the eviction
process and make it more difficult and costlier to terminate tenancies.
Mandatory mediation will be required
for rental increases exceeding 5 percent over a 12-month period and will
include single-family homes.
Matthew Buck
The
California Apartment Association has again expanded its public affairs team in
Los Angeles County, better positioning the association to meet the legislative
and compliance needs of its members.
Matthew Buck, a veteran government affairs advocate at CAA, was tapped this spring to spearhead the association’s public affairs work in Glendale, Pasadena, Alhambra, West Covina and Pomona. Buck previously headed CAA’s government advocacy programs in Orange County and the Inland Empire.
Bringing Buck to L.A. County marks the second time in as many years that CAA has added public affairs resources to the region, which continues to present… Read More
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