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The California Apartment Association this week asked its members for help stopping AB 1436, the “free rent” bill to be heard Tuesday in the Senate Judiciary Committee.
The bill by Assemblyman David Chiu, D-San Francisco, would make rental property owners defer rent payments for tenants who are either unable — or unwilling — to pay for housing during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Assemlyman David Chiu
The legislation allows tenants to skip rent payments without providing any proof that they have been negatively affected by COVID-19. The bill is nothing more than a government-sanctioned rent strike.
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Tagged: COVID-19Legislation
Lawmakers will decide next week whether a statewide rent control and “just cause” eviction bill will move forward this year.
The Senate Appropriations Committee on Friday, Aug. 30, will elect to either move Assembly Bill 1482 to the Senate Floor or leave it on suspense file for the remainder of 2019.
Tagged: Rent Control
A bill aiming to help moderate-income families — or the “missing middle” — find housing within their price range continues to advance in the Legislature.
Last week, AB 3152 by Assemblyman David Chiu, D-San Francisco, won unanimous passage in the Assembly Housing and Community Development Committee and now heads to the Appropriations Committee.
Tagged: Affordable housing
The California Apartment Association is supporting a bill that would add protections for property owners and tenants who make calls to law enforcement for help.
Tagged: Crime PreventionLegislation
As California lawmakers return from a month-long summer recess, they’ll get right to work on legislation relevant to the rental housing industry.
On Monday, the Senate Appropriations Committee is scheduled to take up a few housing-production bills supported by the California Apartment Association, including the following:
AB 2180 (D-Ting) proposes to expedite the building permit process by shortening the number of days that a local government must take to approve a new housing project.
AB 2208 (D-Santiago) would require that, before construction, rooftops of public buildings be offered to private or nonprofit developers for the construction of affordable housing.
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