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To help rental housing professionals prepare for the new year, the California Apartment Association has updated its rental forms and instruction sheets. The association also published new forms for members to use to comply with the COVID-19 Tenant Relief Act’s (CTRA) 15-Day Notice requirement and to be used when terminating a tenancy because the owner needs to move into the unit, or is going out of the rental housing business. CAA staff create and update forms based on new laws, member requests and questions submitted through CAA’s Landlord Helpline.
Forms with major revisions, as well as the newly published forms:… Read More
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Non-payment filings can begin for tenants without coronavirus hardships
California’s Judicial Council has approved three new forms and one revised form for use in eviction cases governed under the newly signed COVID-19 Tenant Relief Act of 2020.
The policymaking body of the California courts approved the forms Friday. The new and revised forms will assist courts in implementing the COVID-19 Tenant Relief Act, or CTRA, which prohibits the eviction of renters who claim COVID-related hardships. At the same time, the law specifically provides clearance for the court to proceed with unlawful detainer actions, the legal term for evictions, against tenants… Read More
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 today published new forms
to help landlords comply with updates to Hayward’s rent control law.
As of July 25, 2019, Hayward’s 39-year-old Residential Rent Stabilization and Tenant Protection Ordinance has been amended to do the following:
Expand the properties subject to the ordinance.
Prohibit harassment and retaliation.
Prohibit discrimination based on source of income, including Section 8 vouchers.
Limit the reasons for which a tenancy may be terminated, and
Establish an annual rent limitation of 5% for “covered units” and a mandatory mediation and binding arbitration program for increases above that threshold.
Hayward City Council
The… Read More
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