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Costa Mesa has become the latest city in Orange County to launch a rental assistance program to help tenants affected by COVID-19.
The California Apartment Association helped the city of Costa Mesa with the effort, which won City Council approval on Oct. 6.
“I commend Mayor Katrina Foley, Costa Mesa City Council, and Assistant City Manager Susan Price for putting this program together,” said Victor Cao, local vice president of public affairs for CAA. “This is much-needed relief for both tenants and independent rental owners.”
In addition to its work in Costa Mesa, CAA has partnered with Anaheim, Irvine and… Read More
Tagged: COVID-19 Orange County
The San Mateo County Board of Supervisors has adopted a grant program to provide relief to landlords who’ve experienced lost rent due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The California Apartment Association helped develop the Small Residential Property Owners Program, which supervisors adopted Sept. 15. The program will assist landlords in recouping rental income that’s gone unpaid during the county-enacted eviction moratorium from March through August.
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Banks on April 3 started processing applications from small businesses seeking paycheck-protection assistance under the $2.2 trillion stimulus package signed into law last week, according to Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin.
The Coronavirus, Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act) features a program to provide cash-flow assistance to small businesses with 500 or fewer employees, including sole proprietors, independent contractors, and self-employed persons.
This cash flow comes in the form of a loan of up to $10 million, which can be fully forgiven if the funds are used for specified costs and if employees and employee salaries are maintained. Also,… Read More
Tagged: COVID-19
As you consider prospective renters in 2020,
remember that your applicant screening fee can only cover the expenses you
incur in the process.
This includes the actual money spent gathering information, as well as time spent by you or your staff. But no matter how much you pay for tenant screening, your fee to applicants may not exceed $52.46
That figure represents this year’s maximum
applicant-screening charge. Each December, the state of California adjusts its
cap on applicant-screening fees based on changes to the Consumer Price Index.
This year’s adjustment amounted to an
increase of $1.52.
Members
can follow this… Read More
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Oakland’s new ban on criminal background checks during tenant screening has prompted the California Apartment Association to explore its legislative and legal options for providing liability protection to landlords.
Under Oakland’s Fair Chance Housing Ordinance, property owners are prohibited from conducting criminal background checks or asking prospective tenants whether they have a criminal record at any time during the application process.
The city of Oakland has preliminarily approved an ordinance
that would prohibit landlords from conducting criminal background checks or
asking prospective tenants whether they have a criminal record at any time
during the application process.
The proposal, officially the Fair Chance Housing Ordinance, would also bar rental housing owners from rejecting applicants for tenancy based on criminal records.
The
California Apartment Association is now accepting applications to serve on its
2020 committees and subcommittees.
If you have an interest in applying
for membership on a committee, you are invited to:
1. Read the committee and subcommittee descriptions to determine what involvement would best align with your area or areas of expertise.
2. Then, complete the committee application and submit it by close of business on Friday, Feb. 7, 2020, so that committee assignments can be made in a timely manner.
2020 CAA committees and subcommittees descriptions
2020 CAA committees and subcommittees application
Thank you in advance for your… Read More
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The California Apartment Association has introduced a new, more logical system for numbering all its forms.
The association’s more than 270 forms are now numbered to correspond with the order in which they are used. For example, the first form number, CA-001, is for the application to rent – the first form used in the tenancy. A 30-day termination notice, meanwhile, has a much higher number, CA-235, because it’s at the end of tenancy process.
For a chart showing all of CAA’s forms, including form name, new number and old number, click here.
If you still want to search for forms using the old… Read More
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Legislation proposed in the state Assembly would regulate the timing of criminal background checks during the tenant-application process and limit the use of criminal records in denying applications.
AB 53 would prohibit rental property owners from asking any questions about a prospective renter’s criminal history during the “initial application assessment phase” of tenant screening, unless otherwise required by federal or state law. The bill comes from Assemblymen Reginald Jones-Sawyer, D-Los Angeles, and Rob Bonta, D-Alameda.
Tagged: Legislation
As you consider prospective renters in 2019, remember that your applicant screening fee can only cover the expenses you incur in the process.
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