Inside this issue: Alameda; Calming Waters; Berkeley Panel Urges Activism; Mold & Hoarding; 2016 New Laws; This and That; Coalition Corner & BPOA Meeting Info; and more... Continue Reading
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Inside this issue: Pictures Worth a Thousand Words; Bay Area Renters are Less Burdened; Seismic Law in L.A.; Berkeley May Take the Hearty out of Party; Do Tenants Have a Right to Party?; Marin & Oakland Updates; San Leandro & San Francisco Updates; Coalition Corner & BPOA Meeting Info; and more... Continue Reading
Inside this issue: BRHC Update; Sublet Protection; New Energy Ordinance (BESO); Balcony Collapse: One Dozen Lawsuits; Berkeley Tax for Low Income Housing; Berkeley; Rent Control Wars; Prepare for El NiƱo; Holiday Dinner Invitation; and more... Continue Reading
Inside this issue: Finding a Housing Crisis; Tenant's Right; to be a Bane; San Francisco Eviction Law Fails; Berkeley Rental Housing Coalition; Oakland Prevents Displacement of Residents; Craigslist Tips; Tech Firms Spy Oakland; PFL Challenges Inclusionary Housing; Winter Dinner Invitation; and more Continue Reading
Inside this issue: The Impact of Vacancy Decontrol; California Water Wars; Gentrification; Rental Housing Issues in the News; The Cycle; San Jose; Richmond Rent Control; Alameda Rising Rents; September Members Meeting; and more... Continue Reading
Inside this issue: Seattle Rent Control Debate; Healdsburg OKs Rent Increase Guidelines; Balcony Collapse Spurs Criticism; California Has Big Housing Shortage; Water Fines; Smoke Detectors; Sale per Square Foot; Rent Control Causes Problems; September Workshop Invitation; and more... Continue Reading
Inside this issue: Casting a Wider Net; Housing Gains Undercut by Losses; Low Cost Housing Mandates Upheld; Here and There (and Everywhere); Rent Control in Richmond; Member Meeting and Workshop; Sweeping Changes to Rein in NYC Rents; September Members Meeting; and more... Continue Reading
Inside this issue: Announcing the Formation of the Berkeley Rental Housing Coalition Continue Reading
Inside this issue: Berkeley Residents Grapple with Boom; Move Out 2015; San Mateo County to Study Rent Control; Bill to Restrict Ellis Act; San Jose Affordable Housing Legal Test; Middle Class Struggle; Limits on Seattle Micro-Housing; May Workshop; Move Out Flyer; and more... Continue Reading
Inside this issue: Michael St. John Fighting with Tenants; Fee for Affordable Housing; Rent Survey Report; Happy Neighbors and New UC Hires; Landlords Sue over SF Buy-Out Law; Residents Priced Out of Homes; UC Campus Housing Amongst Highest; Tenant Legislation to Watch in 2015; and more... Continue Reading
Inside this issue: Michael St. Johm Perspective; Rent Limits Protect Child; El Cerrito Studies Rules Protecting Renters; Los Angeles Retrofit Plan; Landmark Tenant Eviction Case; Owners of SF Unit Unable to Move Back Home; Tenant Legislation to Watch in 2015; and more... Continue Reading
Inside this issue: Energy Audit; Bay Area Rents Higher; Housing Bias Concern; Illegal Re-Rentals; California's Pension Liability; We're in the Wrong Business; Meeting and Workshop Information; and more... Continue Reading