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The Sacramento City Council on
Tuesday will consider imposing rent control and “just
cause” eviction policies on most of the city’s rental housing.
The California Apartment Association urges its members to attend this meeting and speak out against the proposed ordinance, which is described in this city staff report.
Jim Lofgren
“Sacramento
needs an influx of rental housing to keep pace with demand,” said Jim Lofgren,
CAA’s senior vice president. “Bringing rent and eviction controls to the city
will drive out investment in new housing and exacerbate our housing shortage.
It also will leave many rental property owners without the… Read More
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A
free workshop that will cover landlord-tenant law and other rental housing
topics is coming to Roseville on Aug. 1.
The
workshop, presented by Legal Services of Northern California, will cover topics
including:
An
overview of landlord-tenant law in California
Best
practices and emerging issues such as zoning, permits, disability rights and
reasonable accommodations
Sample
housing case scenarios
The
training session is scheduled to run from 5 p.m.-7 p.m. at the Maidu Community
Center. It is designed for property owners currently renting or considering
renting in Placer County.
The
event is being hosted by the city of Roseville, Roseville Housing… Read More
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The Sacramento Regional Solid Waste Authority will hold a stakeholder meeting next month to discuss proposed changes to its recycling-collection requirements at multifamily properties.
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A cap on rent increases in the city of Vallejo will remain in effect for at least a few more weeks – and possibly much longer.
During a special meeting July 3, the City Council declared a local emergency that triggered protections against price gouging under state law. Once activated, the state’s anti-price-gouging law prohibits price increases over 10% for many consumer goods and services, including rental housing, for 30 days following the declaration.
With a rent control hearing looming at the Capitol, the Sacramento City Council last month postponed its own hearing on landlord-tenant policies.
The council had been scheduled to hold a second hearing April 23 on the proposed Residential Rental Mediation Program, which is intended to address high rents while housing supply catches up with demand.
Mayor Darrell Steinberg, however, moved to postpone the hearing in light of two rent control bills scheduled to be weighed at the state Capitol later that week.
Steinberg suggested that the robust discussions surrounding AB 1489 and AB 36 could have a significant impact on local landlord-tenant policies. The… Read More
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The Sacramento City Council on Tuesday voted to push forward with a temporary mediation program to address high rents while housing supply catches up with demand.
The program now moves to a second hearing set for April 23.
The mediation program is included
in the Tenant Protection and Relief Act introduced last year by Councilman
Steve Hansen, Vice Mayor Eric Guerra and Councilman Rick Jennings.
In 2019, the California Apartment Association will continue to address a wide range of local rental housing issues in the Sacramento Valley.
Here are four of the most consequential issues to watch:
Rent control ballot measure
In the city of Sacramento, an initiative that would implement rent control and strict tenancy-termination restrictions qualified to appear on the ballot sometime in 2020. The next step is for the City Council to decide which ballot will include the measure, with options likely coming down to the March primary or November’s general election. Before acting, the council will review a pending legal opinion… Read More
The Citrus Heights City Council has approved an ordinance establishing a new rental housing inspection program to preserve the aging supply of housing in the city and ensure that owners properly maintain their properties.
The California Apartment Association successfully negotiated several changes to the initial proposal resulting in lower fees and the opportunity for self-certification.
Citrus Heights has over 15,000 rental units, with 90 percent built prior to 1990. In a report to the council, city staff expressed concern that the rapid building of housing in the 1970s and 1980s resulted in a lack of quality control and the use… Read More
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If your company is helping victims of California’s wildfires, we’d like to hear about it.
As you know, recent wildfires, including the most destructive wildfire in state history, have consumed thousands of California homes, displaced scores of families, and created a massive need for housing assistance and other help.
As members of the rental housing industry aid in the recovery effort, we’d like to highlight that assistance on our website. Our hope is to create a one-stop resource page where fire victims, including displaced renters, can find the help they need.
Types of assistance might include:
Offering short-term leases
Waiving… Read More
Throughout 2018, the California Apartment Association’s Political Action Committee supported numerous candidates for local office in the Sacramento Valley.
We are pleased to announce that many of these CAAPAC-backed candidates went on to win their races, both in the June primary and the November general election.
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