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Despite objections from the California Apartment Association, the city of Concord has decided to increase the fees for its rental housing inspection program.
The City Council adopted higher fees, more frequent inspections and other changes to its Multi-Family Housing Inspection Program during its Nov. 29 meeting.
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At a special meeting Wednesday, Aug. 5, the Richmond City Council officially approved its rent control and just-cause-for-eviction ordinance and scheduled it to take effect in 30 days.
The council had previously planned to implement the law effective Dec. 1. A council member, however, pushed to fast-track the process, leading to a series of special meetings over the past week.
After Wednesday’s second reading of the ordinance, the council ratified it by a 4-1 vote, becoming the first Bay Area city to adopt rent control in decades. Other cities in the Bay Area also are examining rent control and may… Read More
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The Richmond City Council will hold a special meeting at 6 tonight to implement rent control and just-cause eviction more quickly than previously planned.
The council had decided to implement rent control effective Dec. 1, but this past Tuesday, a council member proposed fast-tracking the ordinance so it would take effect in September. See video
Since the council is entering its August recess, the move triggered the need for a series of special meetings.
Assuming the council approves rent control tonight with an earlier start date — the four votes needed to do so are there — it would then… Read More
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For most folks, if they hate their job, or it just doesn’t pay enough, they can always quit.
But what if you’re a landlord?
It’s not easy, and if San Francisco politicians and at least one tenant advocacy group have their way, landlords will face more hurdles and costs if they try.
In their sights is the Ellis Act, which provides limitations on what a local government can require of property owners who wish to end their rental housing business.
What you’re unlikely to hear in the media is that the Ellis Act and local ordinances like one in San… Read More
A tenant advocacy group says it’s launched a campaign to stop “security deposit theft” by California landlords.
San Francisco-based Tenants Together has dubbed the initiative “It’s Your Money.”
The campaign website, www.YourDeposit.org, includes information about tenants’ rights, protecting security deposits — and a platform for frustrated renters to post their stories.
“Millions of dollars are being stolen from tenants every year,” Dean Preston, executive director of Tenants Together, says in a news release distributed Thursday. “It’s gotten so bad that tenants paying their security deposits don’t ever expect to see that money again. Something has got to change.”
While the… Read More
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