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Rent Control
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Real Estate, Land Use & Environmental Law Blog
California Voters Reject Ballot Measures Related to Rent Control and Property Tax
While the results are yet to be certified, it is clear, a week after Election Day, that Californians have rejected both Proposition 15 – The California Schools and Local Communities…
Unfamiliar Terrain
Election Results: Key San Francisco and California Ballot Measures Impacting Real Estate
By Tay Via, Dan Gershwin, Lisa Gluckstein, Ashley Weinstein-Carnes
In late October, we reported on a number of California, San Francisco, and regional propositions, including measures impacting real estate and other taxes, rent control, affordable housing, permits, and governance.…
Legal Secrets
The New Covid-19 Rent Laws as of September 2020 (AB3088)
The current primary laws affecting residential tenancies are the CDC Agency Order Published September 4, 2020 and California’s AB3088 enacted August 31, 2020 aka The California Tenant, Homeowner, and Small Landlord Relief and…
Unfamiliar Terrain
California State Ballot Includes Major Property Tax, Rent Control Measures
By Tay Via, Dan Gershwin, Caitlin Connell, Kit Driscoll, Lisa Gluckstein
While the focus in November is on the top of the ticket, Californians also face a long list of ballot measures. Here we focus on three major measures that impact…
The Massachusetts Real Estate Law Blog
Legislators Fast-Tracking 12-36 Month Eviction Moratorium Extension, Rent Freeze Bill, As Moratorium Set to Expire Oct. 17
Lengthy Extension of Eviction Moratorium Likely Unconstitutional; Calls for Adequate Rental Assistance Funding Go Unheeded With Gov. Baker signaling he won’t extend the current Eviction Moratorium past Oct. 17, and…
CHW California Public Law Report
Local rent control laws apply to rented rooms in a single-family home
The First Appellate District of the California Court of Appeal held that local rent control laws can apply to individual rooms rented in a single-family home. Jonathan Owens owns a…
Real Estate, Land Use & Environmental Law Blog
Make No Mistake – Rent Control Laws Apply To Single-Family Homes
By Robert Bello, Michael Leake
A recent California Appellate Court decision provided tenants with additional protections when it clarified that local rent control laws applied to a single-family home in which the landlord[1] rented rooms…
The Massachusetts Real Estate Law Blog
State Reps Using COVID-19 Crisis To Push Rent Control, Just Cause Eviction Measures
Self-Proclaimed “Socialist” State Rep. Sponsors Rent Control and Tenant Protection Bills; Measures Pass Important Committee After passing the nation’s strongest COVID-19 Eviction Moratorium, a group of far left legislators are…
Adam Leitman Bailey's Blog
Demolition: One of the Last Ways to Deregulate a Building
With the June 2019 passage of the Housing Stability and Tenant Protection Act (HSTPA), owners are desperately seeking ways out of rent regulation in an attempt to recapture the profitability…
Legal Secrets
Simkin’s Published Real Property Journal Article on the New Statewide Rent Control Civil Code §§1946.2, 1947.12
California’s new statewide residential rent and eviction control laws change almost 150 years of legal precedent. The new rent control rules are contained in Civil Code section 1946.2 concerning termination…