They don’t realize that’d likely increase rent. If they do that and rent control, it would eliminate rentals. Anyone without the financial means to buy would be pushed out of the area forever. These people never think past the first impact.
Statewide rental registry died
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Saw this in my mailbox:
Urge Your Senator to Oppose Bill that Forces Landlords to Participate in Section 8!
C.A.R. OPPOSES SB 329 (Mitchell) because it forces ALL residential rental property owners to participate in the voluntary Section 8 housing program by entering into a legally binding contract with a government agency – the provisions of which may be extremely difficult to fulfill.
SB 329 will be considered as soon as TODAY on the Senate Floor.
Call Your Senator TODAY!
Urge a NO Vote on SB 329!
Call 1-855-215-0152
For Senator Jerry Hill (LA/MV, MP/A, PA, Sunnyvale) Enter 4013#
For Senator Jim Beall (Cupertino, LG/S) Enter 4015#
When staff answers the phone, you can use the following script:
"Hi, this is (insert your name). I’m a REALTOR® from your district. Please ask the Senator to Vote No on SB 329. Don’t force rental property providers into contractual obligations that they may not be able to meet.”
Background Information on SB 329:
SB 329 redefines “source of income” to include Section 8, EVERY residential rental property owner will be effectively forced to enter into a contract with the local housing authority requiring they accept tenants who use Section 8 housing vouchers to pay a portion of their rent. Because housing authorities already lack the resources to process applications and inspect properties quickly, units may sit unoccupied for many weeks until all the administrative requirements are met.
SB 329 effectively forces landlords into binding contracts. Amending the definition of “source of income” to include Section 8 vouchers means that you are effectively forcing a landlord to contract with the local housing authority when they get a Section 8 applicant. What if a landlord does not like the terms of the contract or has great difficulty fulfilling them? Too bad according to SB 329. SB 329 would seemingly be the only instance in state law where a private party is effectively forced to enter into a contract with a government agency.
For more information go to: SB329OPPOSE.
Statewide rent control is 100X more dangerous than section 8 bill. Both should be rejected.
Please call Sacramento to reject th AB1482
The latest amendments did not change the cap proposed in Assembly Bill 1482: It would allow annual increases of up to 5 percent plus the rate of inflation.
With the exception of new construction, the cap would apply to nearly all rentals in the state that are not already rent-controlled. That would include apartments in cities and counties without any rent controls, as well as single-family homes, condos and other properties that are permanently exempt from local rent-control by state law.
SB 329 only prohibits discrimination against section 8 tenants, it doesn’t mean you have to rent to them. You can give them a fair chance to rent your property but that’s it. Do not believe all the lies a partisan group tells you.
Urge Your Assembly Member to Vote NO on AB 1482 and AB 1481 that Establish Restrictive Rent Caps and “Just Cause” Evictions
C.A.R. OPPOSES UNLESS AMENDED AB 1482 (Chiu), which creates a very restrictive statewide rent cap, and AB 1481 (Grayson and Bonta), which establishes statewide “just cause” evictions. C.A.R. has been negotiating in good faith with the bills’ authors in an attempt to make reasonable amendments to both bills, thus removing C.A.R.’s opposition. As of now, those negotiations have stalled. As a result, C.A.R. OPPOSES both bills. The Assembly could vote on these bills as soon as TODAY.
Action Item
Contact Your Assembly Member TODAY
Call 1-800-798-6593
Enter Your PIN Number 191015073 followed by the # sign to be connected to your Assembly Member’s Office.
When connected, please urge your Assembly Member to Vote NO on AB 1482 and AB 1481 because they discourage rental housing in California.
Issue Background
Under current law, unless a local government has enacted rent control, there is no cap on rent. Additionally, current law allows rental property owners to end a tenancy without cause.
AB 1482 establishes a rent cap of 5% plus regional CPI on all residential rental properties, except rent-controlled and deed-restricted units.
AB 1481 prohibits a rental property owner from terminating a lease without “just cause,” and requires a property owner to provide relocation assistance to tenants for “no-fault” evictions.
Why C.A.R. is OPPOSING AB 1482 and AB 1481
Both bills discourage the production of rental housing. Establishing rent caps that are this restrictive and forcing landlords to demonstrate cause to evict a tenant creates a disincentive for developers to build and property owners to offer rental housing in California.
Neither bill addresses the core cause of the housing affordability crisis, which is the lack of supply. As other measures designed to increase the housing supply languish in the Legislature, AB 1482 and AB 1481 not only don’t increase the supply, they discourage those who develop and provide rental housing from doing so.
Both bills greatly harm small property owners. A property owner who owns even one unit will be severely affected by these bills. As a result, small property owners may decide to pull their units off the market rather than be forced to drastically limit rents.
For More Information
Please contact deannk@car.org.
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I just called and it’s pretty short. Took less a minute. May not matter at all at the end but why sit and bitch without doing anything?
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where are the phone numbers and email addresses?
Here it is.
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It passed assembly after some changes. Next fight is California Senate.
Note that it makes a difference how many houses you own. More than 10 and the rule changes. Maybe it’s not so good to put both spouses’ names on titles of every house.
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The main threat is that once they start statewide rent control, they will expand to include more people and make it more and more draconian.
It is changed to expire in 2023 thanks to the people’s voice. Make your voice heard and call your state senators today.
Also rent cap is increased to 7% plus CPI.
Don’t be indifferent to politics. Vote, engage with your representatives, it can make a huge difference. When you keep silent, you are destroying democracy.
10 single family house is bad and it can cause a legal burden to everyone to prove that you own less than 10. This will make the low income landlord going out of business and provide more excuses for socialists to destroy you and your business.
It’s not over folks. Keep calling!!!
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Statewide rent control AB1482 only won by 2 votes. It was possible to defeat it in the assembly if everyone works a little harder. Hopefully everyone will wake up and kill the bill in the senate.
AB1481 is dead, but not 100% dead, we need to kill it completely.
Dear REALTOR®,
As you know, earlier this week C.A.R. issued a large-scale Red Alert, asking those of you represented by Democrats in the Assembly to call your legislator to express your concerns about two bills, AB 1481 and AB 1482, that together imposed unacceptable regulations on rental property owners. AB 1482 would have imposed a very restrictive rent cap and AB 1481 would have created an expansive “just cause” eviction right.
Last night, due in large part to your calls to legislators, C.A.R. was able to successfully negotiate a deal with the bills’ authors on amendments that allow C.A.R. to remove its opposition. This compromise strikes a balance between preserving the rights of rental property owners while allowing the protection of at-risk tenants. Of particular concern, small property owners are protected, and the reach of both bills are limited with a sunset date of 2023. These amendments will be made to the bills once they move to the Senate.
AB 1482 passed the Assembly last night and AB 1481 is still pending.
Here are the amendments that C.A.R. negotiated:
Amendments to AB 1481 – “just cause” evictions:
- Will only apply to tenancies after 12 months; and
- Will limit relocation assistance for “no-fault” evictions to an amount equal to one month of the tenant’s current monthly rent.
Amendments to AB 1482 – Rent cap:
- Will increase the cap in the bill from 5% to 7% plus regional CPI. (For example, in Los Angeles the full increase would be 10%); and
- Will preserve the right of landlords, through vacancy decontrol, to reset a rent to market rate once a tenant has vacated the unit.
Amendments to both bills:
- Both bills exempt entirely small property owners with 10 or fewer single-family detached homes; and
- Both bills sunset in 2023.
Thank you to everyone who responded to this Red Alert.
If you have questions, please contact DeAnn Kerr at deannk@car.org.
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What is the link to sign?
Signed.