Escalating rents are hurting tenants and causing evictions in San Jose. Things are bad. Rising rents There’s a limit on how much landlords can raise rents, but it’s a whopping 8% a year. This is far more than in cities with rent control. A San Francisco landlord only...
You’ve read about it in the news. Low income tenants being evicted in the Mission District and the Castro, making way for those with high incomes who can afford astronomical rents. It could happen to you Maybe you think that you won’t be evicted, since you don’t live...
A Berkeley landlord got caught illegally raising the rent after a tenant moved out of their home. “Subterfuge” is what the landlord’s actions were called by the State of California Court of Appeal in a recent opinion. I wrote a post a few weeks ago about the...
Clients of mine received an eviction notice under the Ellis Act, which stated that the landlords were moving into their home. Sometime later, their home was listed on Airbnb for almost $10,000 per month. Another client, who had lived in his apartment for over 20...
The demand—and lucrative income—for short term rentals continues to drive evictions and possibly break agreements. What Happened to the Rent-Controlled Apartments? Last week the San Francisco City Attorney demanded answers about the Trinity Plaza Project, a new...
Should you withhold paying rent if your apartment has housing violations? Last week I wrote about the landmark decision by the California Supreme Court. The opinion in Green v. Superior Court stated the landlord has a duty to provide a habitable apartment. Another...
