Housing Provider 101: Advertising, Pricing & Choosing Tenants
Renting your vacant unit by learning how to price, advertise and choose the right tenant. Continue Reading
Date posted03/25/2021
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Housing Provider 101: Who & What is Affected
Which properties and units in Berkeley are subject to what laws, fees and regulations. Continue Reading
Date posted03/16/2021
March 2021
Berkeley Weighs Major Housing Changes; Bill to Ease Rules on Multi-Unit Housing; Berkeley's Progressive Revival: A Model?; SF Lays Pandemic Burden on Landlords; If Houses Were Treated as Cars Are; March Zoom Meeting Information; People's Park Development on the Way Continue Reading
Postedby BPOA Master
Date posted03/1/2021
February 2021
Sacramento Takes Big Zoning Step; Realtor-Backed Group Sues Huntington Beach; Obituaries; Another California Eviction Reprieve?; Fed Funding for CA Rent Reimbursements; CalRHA Legislative Update; Area Rents Ticking Upward? Continue Reading
Postedby BPOA Master
Date posted02/1/2021
December 2020
Prop 21 Loses; LA Eviction Moratorium Stands; Bargain Hunters Return to SF; Alameda Multifamily Initiative Defeated; January Special Event: Board Elections!; Prop 15 Fails; Editorial: Coalition Corner; Jim Smith; Robert Cabrera; Quote of the Month; Services & Businesses Continue Reading
Postedby BPOA Master
Date posted12/1/2020
November 2020 issue
Measure Z Divides Alameda Voters; Hard Presidential Trivia!; Texas Investor Buys Big in Oakland; New Lease-breaking Strategies Taking Root?; News from the Rent Board Website; Presidential Donations by Zip Code; Workshop Calendar for 2020; Monthly Zoom Info for November; Coalition Corner; Editorial Continue Reading
Postedby BPOA Master
Date posted11/1/2020
October 2020 Newsletter
Portland Council Tightens Landlords' Duties; Bay Area Poll: Housing Crisis is Real, But...; The "Cancel Rent" Collective is Done Playing Nice; How COVID-19 Has Changed Landlording; Berkeley: COVID Housing Retention Grants; November Ballot Quick Card; Monthly Zoom Information for October Continue Reading
Postedby BPOA Master
Date posted10/1/2020
September 2020 Issue
This issue contains a front-page typo. AUG should be SEPT. Who's Moving to Oakland and Why; NorCal Rents: Where They're At, and Going; Who's Behind Proposition 21?; Impact of Pandemic on Small Landlords; About Those Rental Housing Safety Inspections; Monthly Zoom information for September; ... Continue Reading
Postedby BPOA Master
Date posted09/1/2020
August 2020 Issue
In this issue: Rents Drop, But It's Not Just the Pandemic; Berkeley Holds Steady as Rents Fall; Renters Brace for Evictions as Moratoria End; Oakland Passes New Tenant Protections; Council Fails to Vote on Golden Duplexes; Financial Help for Berkeley Renters Continue Reading
Postedby BPOA Master
Date posted08/1/2020
July 2020 Issue
Inside this issue: Many SF Tenants Breaking Leases; More Protection for Oakland Renters?; L.A. Challenged on Eviction Ban & Rent Freeze; S.F. Eviction Moratorium Faces Legal Challenge; Falling Rents will Reshape Housing Market; Berkeley Section 8/Subsidized Housing News... Continue Reading
Postedby BPOA Master
Date posted07/1/2020
June 2020 Issue
Inside this issue: Berkeley Rent Board Head to Retire; Rent Board Targets Golden Duplexes & ADUs; Rent Payments Grew in May; CA Eviction Ban Q&A; UC Campuses to be Open in the Fall; Berkeley's 90 Million Dollar Cushion; Monthly Meeting Info for June... Continue Reading
Postedby BPOA Master
Date posted06/1/2020
April 2020 Issue
Inside this issue: COVID-19, Your Tenants & the Rent; Confessions of a Former Housing Provider; Berkeley Health Directive & ER Ordinance; Berkeley: No More Criminal Background Checks; How Rent & Eviction Laws Aggravate a Crisis; Suggested Tenant Message re: TP; Misplaced Kudos - A Follow-Up... Continue Reading
Postedby BPOA Master
Date posted05/1/2020