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Oakland’s new ban on criminal background checks during tenant screening has prompted the California Apartment Association to explore its legislative and legal options for providing liability protection to landlords.
Under Oakland’s Fair Chance Housing Ordinance, property owners are prohibited from conducting criminal background checks or asking prospective tenants whether they have a criminal record at any time during the application process.
The California Apartment
Association this week issued an “Industry Insight” paper to help rental housing
owners comply with a Section 8-related ordinance taking effect Jan. 1 in the
city of Los Angeles.
Effective New Year’s Day, the city’s “source of income protection”
law will require that landlords consider for tenancy all applicants with the
ability to pay for a given unit, including those who would pay their rent using
Section 8.
This ordinance mirrors the provisions in SB 329, a statewide Section
8-related law also taking effect Jan. 1.
Both the L.A. ordinance and SB 329 ban blanket policies against
renting… Read More
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The California Apartment Association has issued an “Industry Insight” paper to help rental housing owners comply with a Section 8-related ordinance that’s taken effect in the city of Alameda.
Effective Oct. 18, the city’s “Fair Housing and Tenant
Protection Ordinance” requires that landlords consider for tenancy all
applicants with the ability to pay for a given unit, including those who would
pay their rent using Section 8. The ordinance, approved by the Alameda City Council in
September, bans blanket policies against renting to voucher holders, as well as
advertisements to that effect. It also prohibits landlords from rejecting an
applicant… Read More
Gov. Gavin Newsom on Tuesday signed a bill that will make it illegal to reject a prospective tenant solely based on the applicant’s use of a Section 8 federal housing voucher.
Beginning Jan. 1, 2020, SB 329 by Sen. Holly Mitchell, D-Los Angeles, will ban blanket policies against taking Section 8 applicants and require landlords to treat voucher-holders like any other applicant. The law also will prohibit “No Section 8” advertisements.
Sen. Holly Mitchell
Throughout the legislative process, Mitchell
repeatedly stated that owners will retain the ability to reject voucher-holders
after giving them a fair vetting. The senator, however, refused… Read More
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The Santa Rosa City Council decided to pursue a mandatory Section 8 ordinance Tuesday, but not before pledging to work with CAA to make the program more workable for local landlords.
The council advanced the ordinance on a 5-1 vote and is expected to formally approve the law after a second reading next month.
The measure will prohibit blanket policies against accepting Section 8 applicants, ban “No Section 8” ads, and make it illegal to deny a tenancy based solely on the tenant’s possession of a voucher.
The California Legislature this week passed a bill that would make it illegal to reject a prospective tenant solely based on the applicant’s use of a Section 8 federal housing voucher.
The legislation now heads to the governor’s desk.
On Wednesday, the state Senate approved amendments to SB 329 on a 25-12 vote with three abstentions. The day before, it passed off the the Assembly floor on a 46-21 vote with 12 abstentions.
Sen. Holly Mitchell
The author of the bill, Sen. Holly Mitchell, D-Los Angeles, has said her bill would simply ban blanket policies against taking Section 8 applicants — including “No… Read More
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The California Apartment Association has issued an “Industry Insight” paper to help rental housing owners comply with a Section 8-related ordinance that’s taken effect in Hayward.
Effective
Thursday, July 25, the city’s “source of income protection” law requires that
landlords consider for tenancy all applicants with the ability to pay for a
given unit, including those who would pay their rent using Section 8.
Hayward City Council
Last
month, the Hayward City Council updated its 39-year-old rent stabilization
ordinance and added provisions that ban blanket policies against renting to
voucher holders, as well as advertisements to that effect. The new ordinance… Read More
The California Apartment
Association has issued an “Industry Insight” paper to help rental housing
owners comply with a Section 8-related ordinance taking effect next week
in unincorporated areas of Los Angeles County.
Effective Friday, July 19, the county’s “source of income
protection” law requires that landlords consider for tenancy all applicants
with the ability to pay for a given unit, including those who would pay their
rent using Section 8.
The ordinance, approved by county supervisors in June, bans
blanket policies against renting to voucher holders, as well as advertisements
to that effect. It also prohibits landlords from rejecting an applicant… Read More
Tagged: ComplianceSection 8 Los Angeles