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Proposition 33, titled Expands Local Governments’ Authority to Enact Rent Control on Residential Property, and also marketed as the "Justice for Renters Act", was a California ballot proposition and initiative statute in the 2024 general election that would have repealed the Costa–Hawkins Rental Housing Act and allowed localities to enact ...
In the 1997 Kavanau case, [76] a rental property owner challenged the City of Santa Monica's rent control law as a form of "taking" or inverse condemnation prohibited by the federal Constitution. The California Supreme Court affirmed the rulings by lower state courts in favor of the city.
California Assembly Bill 2097 (2022) California Density Bonus Law; California Fair Employment and Housing Act of 1959; California HOME Act; California Housing Accountability Act; California Senate Bill 35 (2017) California Senate Bill 50 (2019) California Senate Bill 684 (2023) California Senate Bill 1534 (1982) Costa–Hawkins Rental Housing Act
State law says landlords cannot raise your rent more than 5% plus the percentage change in the cost of living or 10% (whichever is lower) over 12 months. Rent cannot be raised by more than two ...
California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued a consumer alert on Friday to inform renters about new caps on how much landlords can increase rent that recently went into effect.
Proposition 33 would repeal a 1995 law called the Costa-Hawkins Rental Housing Act, which generally prohibits local governments from limiting rental rates as issued by landlords.
Rent control laws define which rental units are affected, and may only cover larger complexes, or units older than a certain date. To attempt to not disincentivise investment in new housing stock, rent control laws often exempt new construction. For example, San Francisco's Rent Stabilization Ordinance exempts all units built after 1979. [63]
According to research conducted by the National Multifamily Housing Council (NMHC), many major cities across the United States do have rent control laws -- even if these laws aren't fully ...