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“Nearly 1.5 million renters in California are at risk of eviction, struggling to put together next month’s rent as the cost of living continues to rise,” Bonta said in a statement.
New Jersey was the first state to pass a just-cause eviction law in 1974. [1] Interest in these laws has grown in recent years with California passing a just-cause eviction law in 2019 [4] and Oregon passing a bill enumerating valid causes for evicting tenants the same year. [5] Washington passed a similar bill in 2021. [6]
Eviction rates are also linked to the racial concentration of neighborhoods. The RVA Eviction Lab, in Richmond, Virginia, estimates that as the proportion of a neighborhood's black population increases by 10%, eviction rates would increase by 1.2%. [63] Hispanic renters also face higher filing and eviction rates than their white counterparts.
In December 2020, the New York State Legislature passed a state moratorium on evictions. [11] In May 2021, the legislature extended the moratorium until August 31. [12]The Supreme Court struck down a provision of the state moratorium that protected people who filed a form declaring economic hardship, rather than providing evidence in court.
California's statewide eviction moratorium for certain renters is scheduled to lift at midnight Friday, despite concerns for vulnerable tenants.
Friday officially marked the countdown for the Golden State to insulate tenants from what one advocate called a looming “tsunami” of forced dislodgings.
The California Legislature voted Thursday to bolster eviction protections for renters and close a loophole in an existing law that has allowed landlords to circumvent the state’s rent cap. The ...
An amendment to the Ellis Act for San Francisco County was proposed in 2014 in the California State Legislature, SB1439. [17] If enacted, SB 1439 would have required property owners who have filed an Ellis eviction to wait five years before doing so with another building. [18] The measure did not pass. [19]