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The California Apartment Association applauds a proposal unveiled by state lawmakers this week to help families struggling to keep up with rising rents.
The plan, announced Monday by members of the Democratic Assembly Caucus, would dedicate more than $1.3 billion to address the state’s housing affordability crisis.
While California has seen explosive job growth, state and local governments have failed to allow enough new housing to accommodate the influx of new workers.
As the resulting housing shortage led to higher rental prices, state and federal funding to develop and preserve of affordable homes has plummeted by 79 percent.
The result… Read More
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A CAA-sponsored bill clarifying that landlords can prohibit renters from smoking marijuana in apartments passed a key committee this week.
The bill, AB 2300, advanced Tuesday from the Assembly Judiciary Committee on a 10-0 vote. The next stop for the bill is the Assembly floor.
“This is about protecting families that live in close proximity to others,” the author of the bill, Assemblyman Jim Wood, D-Healdsburg, said in a statement. “Second-hand smoke can be a real problem, especially for families who live in apartments or other multi-family residences.”
In 2011, the California Apartment Association sponsored, and the state Legislature overwhelmingly… Read More
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CAA Orange County held its annual gala this month, giving rental property professionals and industry partners an opportunity to mingle, break bread and network — all for a good cause.
More than 450 people attended the gala, held April 14 at the Hilton Orange County. The event raised $25,000 for the local United Way’s Rapid-Rehousing initiative. Rapid Rehousing helps families with children move into affordable housing, minimizing the time they spend in shelters, in cars or on the street.
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The San Jose City Council on Tuesday is expected to vote on proposed changes to its rent control ordinance that could bring economic instability to renters and property owners while failing to address the underlying causes of rising market rents.
Possibilities include lowering the current 8 percent annual cap on rent increases, a move favored by Mayor Sam Liccardo. On the other hand, the city’s housing department recommends tying allowable rent increases to inflation, using the consumer price index.
The California Apartment Association opposes both options and encourages its members to speak out at next week’s council meeting, scheduled for… Read More
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Once again, the San Mateo City Council has rejected a rent control proposal — this time in the form of an onerous relocation-assistance program.
The City Council’s decision Monday came after three hours of public testimony from local property owners, managers and real estate professionals about the dangers of the proposal.
The relocation-assistance ordinance would have forced rental housing providers to keep rent increases below 10 percent or face paying up to $21,500 for residents to vacate the unit – even after the end of a lease term.
“This proposal takes from one group and gives to another; taking rights… Read More
The California Apartment Association is assembling an article on hoarding issues in rental communities and is seeking insights from property owners and managers.
Have you encountered a hoarder on your property? How did you deal with the situation?
If you are willing to speak with a reporter about the issue for CAA’s Apartment Management magazine, please email Amy Drew Thompson no later than April 19 at info@amydrewthompson.com.
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Under a bill opposed by CAA, all property owners who regularly rent out a single-family home would have to register the property annually with California’s Department of Business Oversight, a costly and ineffective mandate that would compromise privacy rights of both landlords and tenants.
“This is extremely overreaching at a great cost to the State of California with no clear benefits except to collect and make public the data,” CAA says in its opposition letter to the legislation.
The bill, AB 2282 by Assemblyman Ian Calderon, D-Whittier, is intended to dissuade large-scale buy-to-rent investors from purchasing homes and turning them… Read More
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The California Apartment Association on May 19 will debut the North Coast PAC Derby Day, a fun evening of hosted mint juleps, local wine and beer, and appetizers.
This fantastic event will raise money for the CAA North Coast Political Action Committee (PAC) to create a positive business climate for the local rental housing industry.
CAAPAC, our non-partisan Political Action Committee, is dedicated to the protection, preservation and advancement of the rental housing industry, and supports candidates for public office who are receptive to the concerns of rental property owners and managers locally and statewide.
Join us as we race… Read More
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Rebuffed at city halls in several Northern California cities, tenant advocates are increasingly turning to the November ballot in their push for strict rent control measures.
One week ago, tenant advocates in San Mateo began efforts to qualify a rent control-related ballot measure for the November 2016 election. This filing came just one day after the San Mateo City Council voted 3-2 against rent control and a just-cause eviction policy.
Moreover, the San Mateo filing came just days after tenant advocates in Burlingame and Mountain View filed similar measures, and renter advocate groups in Richmond and Alameda also are seeking… Read More
Before listing properties on home-sharing websites, hosts should make sure they have adequate insurance coverage — just in case something goes awry during a short-term rental.
Under legislation by Sen. Bill Monning, D-Carmel, companies such as Airbnb, HomeAway and Flipkey would need to post a disclosure about insurance coverage on their websites.
Senate Bill 1092 would require disclosures about the need for the property owner or tenant to review his or her insurance plan to confirm coverage in the event of injury or damage during the rental period.
If the hosting platform provides primary insurance coverage for the rental period,… Read More