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Make No Mistake – Rent Control Laws Apply To Single-Family Homes

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A recent California Appellate Court decision provided tenants with additional protections when it clarified that local rent control laws applied to a single-family home in which the landlord rented rooms in the home to...more

Miller Starr Regalia

Obfuscation Masquerading As Legislation: Confusion Rules In California’s Residential Disclosure And Tenant Abandonment Statutes

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An unfortunate trend in recent legislation is the increased use of technical definitions in widely separated areas of law, forcing the reader to review multiple volumes of several different codes in order to understand a...more

Patton Sullivan Brodehl LLP

What’s the “California Housing Freeze” Proposition on the November Ballot?

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A rent control initiative titled the “Affordable Housing Act” — but criticized by others as the “California Housing Freeze” — has qualified as Proposition 10 on the November 2018 ballot.  What is it?...more

Farrell Fritz, P.C.

Can Zoning Stop Property Owners from Renting?

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Local governments may not rely on zoning rules to prohibit renters in multi-family housing developments. Many local governments (and residents) prefer property owners living in their communities rather than tenants. This...more

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