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The Santa Cruz City Council next week is poised to consider rent control as a possible way to address the city’s housing crisis.
Rent control is included as a policy option in a staff report called “Santa Cruz Voices on Housing: Fall 2017 Community Engagement Report,” and on Tuesday, the council is scheduled to discuss the document.
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The California Apartment Association is once again encouraging members with available units in Napa or Sonoma counties to contact CAA and consider making special considerations for fire victims.
Special considerations may include offering reduced move-in costs or discounted deposits for those who lost their homes.
CAA members with available units are asked to send an email to CAA.
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Question: One of our tenants recently requested that we paint the inside of her apartment. She has threatened to do it herself and deduct the cost of the paint from the rent if we do not have it painted within the next two weeks. Is she legally able to carry out her threat?
Answer: Unless the condition of the walls rendered the premises uninhabitable, the owner is under no obligation to paint the unit at the request of the tenant.
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Tenant advocates in Pasadena have filed preliminary paperwork to place rent control on an upcoming city ballot.
In addition to rent control, the proposed initiative would seek just-cause eviction policies in Pasadena and the establishment of a rent board.
After hours of debate, the San Jose City Council on Tuesday rejected a proposal to begin basing its annual rent cap on the rate of inflation.
At the urging of CAA, the council instead voted 6-5 to maintain the city’s current 5 percent limit on annual rent increases.
The California Apartment Association attended Tuesday’s meeting in force, with members speaking against the proposal to base rent control on the Consumer Price Index. The CPI is now about 3.4 percent but fluctuates.
The city’s 5 percent cap, on the other hand, provides a fixed, predictable limit, making it easier for owners… Read More
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In the wake of the wine country wildfires, Sonoma County prosecutors have received more than 60 reports of rental price gouging, however, most of the allegations did not represent violations of law, the Santa Rosa Press Democrat reported.
The article also clarifies that the state’s price-gouging law does not apply to units just now entering the rental market.
“If you want to move out and rent your house for a year, you can set whatever price the current market will bear without penalty,” Sonoma County District Attorney Jill Ravitch told the Press Democrat.
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An effort to place rent control before voters in Long Beach has already hit a snag.
Last week, tenant advocates filed preliminary paperwork to place a rent control initiative on the November 2018 ballot.
The Long Beach city attorney, however, deemed the “Notice of Intent to Circulate Petition” to be incomplete, as it lacked the written text of the proposed initiative, which is required under the election code.
The California Apartment Association’s offices will be closed Thursday, Nov. 23, and Friday, Nov. 24, in observance of the Thanksgiving holiday. Normal operating hours will resume Monday, Nov. 27.
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Tenant advocates in Long Beach have launched a campaign to place a rent control measure before voters next year.
On Wednesday morning, a representative from Housing Long Beach filed preliminary paperwork to qualify a rent control initiative for the November 2018 ballot.