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Labor Day Roundup: Headlines for Tenants


Here are updates on all tenant protection proposals and ordinances in Southern California:

https://www.ocregister.com/2019/08/18/tenant-protection-proposals-and-ordinances-in-southern-california/

TIC - ownership model known as "tenancy in common" - is heralded as a way for first-time homebuyers to break into one of the nation’s most unaffordable cities.

https://la.curbed.com/2019/8/8/20751845/tenancy-in-common-los-angeles-rental-girl

Lawmakers tackle a severe housing shortage for those who have federal vouchers.

https://calmatters.org/poverty/california-divide/2019/08/section-8-voucher-discrimination-california-housing-crisis/

$325K signatures have been collected for the Rental Affordability Act, a statewide ballot measure that will expand rent control in California. It’s half the number needed to put it on the 2020 November election.

https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20190829005608/en/2020-CA-Rent-Control-Measure-Clears-50

How to Win an Apartment in a Competitive Market - The trick is to understand what landlords want, and offer it to them: on-time payments, respectful care of property, highest possible returns with lowest number of headaches.

https://www.realtor.com/advice/rent/how-to-get-an-apartment-competitive-rental-market/

Culver City caps rent at 4%: Glendale, Pasadena, and Long Beach mandates relocation payments for tenants

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.latimes.com/business/story/2019-08-13/culver-city-rent-control%3f_amp=true

Inglewood continues to pursue a permanent rent cap solution; SB50 tabled until 2020

https://www.homerentalsla.com/single-post/2019/05/23/SB50-and-other-Rent-Control-Updates

As of May 2019, landlords in West Hollywood cannot evict tenants without “just cause”

https://www.homerentalsla.com/single-post/2019/05/01/What-are-the-Rules-in-West-Hollywood

Los Angeles, Glendale, Long Beach, and Inglewood allow for tenants to withhold rent if important maintenance is needed

https://www.homerentalsla.com/single-post/2019/04/15/Los-Angeles-Rent-Control-Update

Inglewood landlords have been barred from raising rent more than 5%

https://www.homerentalsla.com/single-post/2019/03/14/Inglewood-Under-House-Arrest


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