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ARE YOU A MAINTENANCE LEGEND? How to become a Maintenance Legend: Hard work, dedication and 3 easy steps can make you a Maintenance Legend!Provide Your InfoFill out our form with your name, address, affiliate association & more. Tell Your StoryTell us all about you or your Legend’s... Continue Reading
HERE IS OUR MOST RECENT LEGISLATIVE UPDATE AND HAPPENINGS IN THE CALIFORNIA STATE LEGISLATURE. BUDGET UPDATE Last month, the Legislature passed and the Governor signed a $310 billion spending plan that protects core programs and covers a $30 billion budget deficit. You may find the... Continue Reading
This New Rent Control Renaissance Reminds Us There Is Really Only One Way To Lower Housing Prices When There Is A Shortage: Build More Housing. WRITTEN BY: Jack Elbaum | fee.org | 6 Minute Read If one needed any more proof that rent control laws suppress investment in new housing, then it is... Continue Reading
RENTAL HOUSING PROVIDERS NEED SOLUTIONS AND AB 12 (HANEY) SIMPLY STATED IS NOT A SOLUTION. As a rental housing provider, or landlord as we’re referred to by most, in California it is commonplace to feel like the deck is stacked against you. California’s elected leaders continue to... Continue Reading
CALIFORNIA RENTAL HOUSING ASSOCIATION IS ASKING THE CALIFORNIA INSURANCE COMMISSIONER TO TAKE NECESSARY STEPS TO STABILIZE THE MARKET DUE TO RISING INSURANCE RATES. SACRAMENTO, CA – The California Rental Housing Association (CalRHA) is asking California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo... Continue Reading
HERE IS OUR MOST RECENT LEGISLATIVE UPDATE AND HAPPENINGS IN THE CALIFORNIA STATE LEGISLATURE. We are now halfway through the legislative process for this year, as the deadline to pass out of their house of origin was June 2nd. CalRHA had several wins with bills held in the Appropriations... Continue Reading
BY FAR, THE MAJORITY OF RENTAL PROPERTIES IN THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES AND THROUGHOUT THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, WELL OVER 80%, ARE OWNED BY INDEPENDENT HOUSING PROVIDERS, WHO ARE BEST DESCRIBED AS “MOM AND POP.” WRITTEN BY: Dan Yukelson | Apartment Association of Greater Los Angeles... Continue Reading
UNDERSTANDING THE UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES OF RENT CONTROL POLICIES FROM THE HOUSING PROVIDERS AND DEVELOPERS POINT OF VIEW. From December 2022 to February 2023, ndp analytics conducted 24 interviews with housing providers and developers from three different markets impacted by rent control... Continue Reading
ANOTHER HUGE WIN AGAINST RENT CONTROL, THIS TIME IN MONTANA. Montana has become the latest state to preempt rent control after Governor Schweitzer signed SB 105 into law on May 1, 2023. This legislation prohibits local governments from exercising “any power to control the amount of rent... Continue Reading
HERE IS OUR MOST RECENT LEGISLATIVE UPDATE AND HAPPENINGS IN THE CALIFORNIA STATE LEGISLATURE. BUDGET NEWS The Senate Democrats released their budget plan late last month. Fortunately, it includes a Renters’ Tax Credit, which CalRHA has been supporting. In particular, their plan... Continue Reading
HERE IS OUR MOST RECENT LEGISLATIVE UPDATE AND HAPPENINGS IN THE CALIFORNIA STATE LEGISLATURE. The Legislature reconvened from Spring Recess on April 10th and is busy with policy committee hearings. We are coming up on policy committee deadlines at the end of April and early May. If any bills... Continue Reading
THIS IS THIRD TRY BY THE LOS ANGELES-BASED AIDS HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION TO CONVINCE CALIFORNIA VOTERS TO REPEAL THE COSTA-HAWKINS RENTAL HOUSING ACT OF 1995, WHICH PLACED LIMITS ON LOCAL RENT CONTROL LAWS. A proposed ballot initiative that proponents call the “Justice for Renters Act”... Continue Reading
