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The California Apartment Association is reminding its members that it’s against California law to include “No Section 8” or similar verbiage in advertisements for rental housing.   As of Jan. 1, Senate Bill 329 prohibits landlords from rejecting a prospective tenant solely based on the applicant’s use of a Section 8 federal housing voucher. The law also bans advertisements that say voucher-holders won’t be considered for tenancy. The legislation applies to apartment and single-family home rentals. The California Apartment Association has been educating the rental housing industry about SB 329 for months. Efforts have included publishing articles about the legislation at caanet.org and in its newsletter, creating an Industry Insight compliance paper on… Read More

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The California Apartment Association’s offices will be closed Monday, Jan. 20, in observance of the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday. Normal operating hours will resume Tuesday, Jan. 21.

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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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To help members comply with AB 1482 and other new laws taking effect this year, the California Apartment Association has created a set of new forms and has updated all existing forms and instruction sheets. In light of these updates, members should not use forms from previous years. For a list of forms that underwent substantial changes, see CAA’s Forms Change Chart for 2020. Many of the major revisions to CAA forms came in preparation for AB 1482, California’s new statewide rent cap and just-cause for eviction law. For example, CAA has completely revamped its rental agreements. These documents incorporate… Read More

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The California Apartment Association’s offices will be closed Wednesday, Jan. 1, in observance of the New Year’s holiday. Normal operating hours will resume Thursday, Jan. 2.

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The California Apartment Association’s offices will be closed Wednesday, Dec. 25, in observance of the Christmas holiday. Normal operating hours will resume Thursday, Dec. 26.

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The Rancho Cordova City Council is expected to approve several changes to its rental housing inspection program, including increases in the fees charged to property owners. The council will consider the increases next month and, if approved, the new fees will be effective for 2020. City staff recommends an increase in the existing rental code-compliance fee from $10 per unit to $16 per unit — the same amount charged by the city of Sacramento and Sacramento County. The city of Citrus Heights charges a fee based on the number of dwelling units at a property, ranging from $17 to $27… Read More

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On Jan. 1, California landlords will experience a generational shift in the way they do business. The most significant changes come from the implementation of Assembly Bill 1482, a statewide rent-gouging ban and “just cause” for eviction law that will give California the nation’s most stringent statewide tenant safeguards. Other tenant protections starting New Year’s Day include a ban on blanket “No Section 8” policies, an increase in the noticing period for certain rent increases, and a lower security deposit requirement for active members of the U.S. military. In the paragraphs that follow, we’ll summarize these new laws and other… Read More

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Regulations interpreting the reasonable accommodation and disparate impact discrimination provisions of the California Fair Employment and Housing Act take effect at the beginning of the new year.   The “disparate impact” impact regulations specifically address how a plaintiff would make a disparate impact claim based on the discriminatory use of criminal background checks.  The approach of the regulations is similar to the “Office of General Counsel Guidance on Application of Fair Housing Act Standards to the Use of Criminal Records by Providers of Housing and Real Estate-Related Transactions” issued by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development in 2016. 

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Long Beach City Council members Tuesday voted to repeal their tenant-relocation ordinance, concluding that the local measure would be unnecessary once AB 1482 takes effect. The ordinance will be repealed effective Jan. 1 2020, the same day that the state will begin implementing AB 1482, California’s new statewide rent control and “just cause” eviction law.

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