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The California Apartment Association is now accepting applications to serve on its 2021 committees.
If you have an interest in applying
for membership on a committee, you are invited to:
1. Read the committee 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. 19, 2021, so that committee assignments can be made in a timely manner.
2021 CAA committee descriptions
2021 CAA committee application
Thank you in advance for your
interest and commitment to the California Apartment Association.… Read More
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After hearing from members of the California Apartment Association, the Downey City Council this week unanimously rejected a local rent control proposal.
Earlier this week, local rental housing providers, spearheaded by CAA, emailed City Council members in the Los Angeles suburb and urged them to reject local rent control.
Tagged: Rent Control Los Angeles
The California Apartment Association this week published compliance materials to help housing providers navigate San Jose’s new rent-freeze ordinance.
On Feb. 2, the San Jose City Council unanimously prohibited rent increases for residents in rent-controlled apartments who have experienced COVID-related financial hardships. The ordinance will run through June 30 unless extended.
To qualify for the rent freeze, these residents must give their landlords a declaration of COVID-19 related financial distress. CAA members will find links to the proper forms for the declarations in the association’s newly updated Industry Insight: City of San Jose Moratorium on Evictions & Rent Increases.
Note,… Read More
The California Apartment Association this month argued before the state Supreme Court in a case that could affect the timing and procedures involved in litigating evictions across the state.
Attorney Curtis Dowling of the law firm Dowling and Marquez argued on behalf of CAA during oral arguments in Stancil v. Superior Court of San Mateo County.
The Marin County Board of Supervisors will consider adopting a rent freeze in two census tracts with significant impacts from COVID-19.
If the board adopts the measure, all properties within Census Tract 1290 (Marin City) and Census Tract 1330 (Northern West Marin) will be subject to the rent freeze.
The California Apartment Association is mobilizing members to oppose this move.
“Rent control is not a solution,” said Alex Khalfin, vice president of public affairs for CAA. “Rather than adopting rent control policies, the board should focus on providing additional emergency rental assistance to tenants and landlords impacted by the pandemic.”… Read More
The city of Los Angeles wants its waste haulers to reconsider the timing of a fee increase on rental property owners and other customers.
The city’s waste haulers have planned a 6.15% rate hike for 2021. Since 2017, rental property owners have been unable to negotiate and choose their waste-hauling services.
Tagged: News Los Angeles
The Sonoma County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday will consider banning nearly all evictions in the county.
Under the ordinance, landlords would be unable to terminate tenancies for lease violations, for owner move‐ins, or even to quit the rental housing business under the Ellis Act.
The California Apartment Association has worked with the city of San Jose to require that tenants declare COVID-related financial hardships before qualifying for the city’s new rent freeze.
The new rent freeze ordinance, approved unanimously by the City Council Tuesday, took effect immediately and will run until June 30.
The rent freeze will apply only to tenants in rent-controlled units who give their landlords a declaration of COVID-19 related financial distress.
This latter requirement, secured by CAA, sets the new ordinance apart from San Jose’s previous rent freeze, which expired at the end of 2020. That ordinance applied to all… Read More
Tagged: COVID-19 Tri-County
The city of San Jose and several other California jurisdictions are considering stricter landlord-tenant policies in response to the lingering COVID-19 pandemic.
In San Jose, the city is poised to bring back last year’s freeze on all rent increases for rent-controlled units.
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Courts should not allow the government to use previous infringements on private property rights as a justification for further infringements. That is the central argument in a brief filed jointly by the California Apartment Association and San Francisco Apartment Association.
The brief supports a lawsuit filed by the Community Housing Improvement Program (CHIP) and Rent Stabilization Association (RSA) – groups that, like CAA, represent the interests of rental property owners – challenging 2019 amendments to New York City’s rent control law.
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