Tenant Law Blog
When Your Landlord Tries to Sell You a Buyout
Maybe you heard a rumor in the stairwell, or perhaps you saw a notice somewhere. Your landlord is selling your apartment building. Then you get a notice in the mail. It's true. You're going to end up on the streets, penniless. You will never be able to find another...
Section 8 Voucher Holders: Know Your Rights
What's something landlords in San Francisco, Denver, Memphis, Chicago and Washington, DC have in common? They are located in one of the fewer than 100 U.S. cities prohibiting housing discrimination based on source of income. In other words, if you are a Section 8...
What Could Assembly Bill 1487 Mean to California Tenants Facing Eviction?
The perfect storm of evictions is coming. Expiring COVID-19 rent relief programs, an increasing shortage of affordable rentals, rising monthly rents and a sputtering lower-wage job market threaten vulnerable tenants' ability to remain in their homes. 80-90% of tenants...
Senate Bill 91: A Temporary Lifeline for Covid-19 Impacted Tenants
The COVID-19 pandemic generated a slew of new rules, extended rent moratoriums, eviction restrictions and complicated compliance calendars for both landlords and tenants. Just as California's COVID-19 Tenant Relief Act was expiring, SB 91 took effect January 29, 2021....
Navigating Covid-19 Rent Increase Rules
Just as the California state-wide Covid-19 State of Emergency halted most evictions, rent increases were also considered to mitigate economic hardship. To prevent price gouging by landlords, a law was passed banning rent increases of more than 10% of pre-pandemic...
Eviction vs. Ejection
What's the Difference? Most tenants understand the meaning of the word eviction. Eviction is "the dispossession of a tenant of leased property by a legal process." In other words, the tenant has to leave because a judge said so after the landlord filed legal...
How To Be A Good Plaintiff in Your Lawsuit
If you find yourself suing your landlord, you become a plaintiff in a legal action. A plaintiff is someone who makes a legal complaint against someone else in court. It is not uncommon for tenants to have legitimate reasons to complain about a problem with a rental...
What To Know About Estoppel Certificates
Chelsea and Antonio loved their ground-floor San Francisco duplex apartment with its peek-a-boo view of San Francisco Bay. Although the unit was small at 875 square feet, it was cozy, and featured a shared outdoor courtyard with a barbecue and space to play with...
What Happens When Eviction Moratoriums End?
Millions of fragile California rental households are facing a frightening reality: the $600 per week unemployment benefits ended, food costs are soaring, jobs are scarce and the rent is due - again. While thousands of tenants avoided COVID-19-related eviction thanks...
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