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The Healdsburg City Council recently issued a Rental Stabilization Advisory to address concerns from the community that were raised regarding substantial rent increases and tenant displacements. The Advisory encourages the following:
Property owners not raise rents more than once per year;
Increases not exceed 10percent annually;
Owners provide residents 90 days’ notice prior to rent increases;
When significant work on a rental unit is needed that requires the tenant to move, the tenant is given the first right of return.
Additionally, the city is looking for data from members who have rental units in Healdsburg. If you have rental units… Read More
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The Pacifica City Council will consider rent control during a study session Saturday, reflecting a growing push for punitive rent restrictions in Northern California.
In addition to demanding rent control, tenant advocates will likely call for a just-cause eviction ordinance. Such a measure would make it more difficult to evict problem tenants, stifling your ability to protect your residents and properties. The meeting is scheduled for 10 a.m. at Ingrid B. Lacey Middle School.
The California Apartment Association will make a presentation on the dynamics of the rental market and practical ways for the city to address its housing crisis.… Read More
The Mountain View City Council has approved what’s been called a “right to a lease” ordinance.
Approved on a 6-1 vote Tuesday, the ordinance is modeled closely after a requirement in Palo Alto that rental owners offer residents the option of a 12-month lease.
The Mountain View council believes that guaranteeing tenants the right to a fixed-term lease will provide stability for both renters and rental owners.
The ordinance, which applies to rental properties with three units or more, requires that an owner/operator offer a 12-month lease, and if a tenant declines, that the owner get the rejection in writing.… Read More
A task force that’s held a series of meetings on San Jose’s rent control policies will reconvene early this month for collect and provide final comments on the matter.
The Advisory Committee for the Apartment Rent Ordinance will gather from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 7, at City Hall, 200 E. Santa Clara St.
It is important for rental owners to attend this meeting and speak out against just cause eviction and stricter rent controls.
Click here to find out what city staff, committee members and the public said during previous hearings of the advisory committee.
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The Mountain View City Council on Tuesday, Dec. 1, will hold a special meeting to consider rent regulations.
The hearing, set for 6:30 p.m. at City Hall, 500 Castro St., follows a study session last month where council members expressed opposition to rent control, just-cause eviction, and a moratorium on rent increases.
The threat of onerous policies in Mountain View remains, however.
This past Sunday, for example, tenant advocates in Mountain View held a rally calling for rent control.
The City Council, though, continues to work with the community and its local housing providers to find other ways address housing… 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
The Alameda City Council on Wednesday night approved a temporary freeze on rent increases in excess of 8 percent.
The moratorium, which also includes just-cause for eviction, is scheduled to last 65 days. Moreover, the 8 percent cap applies cumalitively over 12 months, meaning that if a property owner gave an increase of 5 percent four months ago, the owner is limited to a 3 percent increase now. See the ordinace for more details.
Dozens of CAA members attended the meeting, helping to keep the moratorium temporary. Tenant groups were seeking permanent rent control.
The meeting at one point turned… Read More
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The Richmond City Council — the first to approve rent control in California in more than three decades — has rescinded the policy in response to a signature-gathering effort spearheaded by the California Apartment Association.
The council’s unanimous vote Tuesday night came after Contra Costa County’s Elections Division certified more than 5,000 signatures collected during the CAA-led petition drive.
“We believed the council had rushed to judgment on a policy that would bring long-lasting, negative consequences for the city’s housing stock and financial stability,” said Tom Bannon, CAA’s chief executive officer. “CAA quickly launched the referendum push so that… Read More
During a pair of public hearings this month, the Mountain View City Council scrapped a number of bad rental housing proposals.
At the first meetings, Oct. 19, the council rejected a moratorium on rent increases, rent control and just-cause for eviction.
The 5-2 decision came after nearly seven hours of presentations, public testimony and council discussion.
Darren Carrington, senior vice president at Prometheus Real Estate Group, said the proposals won’t address the root of the problem — the city’s housing shortage.
“Everyone agrees demand far outweighs supply,” Carrington said, according to this San Jose Business Journal article. “This is the… Read More
Contra Costa County’s registrar of voters Oct. 13 certified CAA’s referendum to repeal rent control and just-cause eviction in Richmond.
This past summer, Richmond became the first city in California to approve rent control in roughly three decades. A CAA-led effort to collect thousands of signatures prevented Richmond’s rent control and just-cause eviction ordinance from taking effect.
Now that Contra Costa County’s registrar has counted and certified the signatures, it’s up to Richmond City Council members to either repeal the ordinance themselves or schedule the issue for a public vote.