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Inside this issue: Epidemic of Scams; Can We Retrofit, Please?; Berkeley Fire Blame; Miami Condo King wants Berkeley Housing; Elizabeth Warren/Berkeley Business; Landlord Appeal to Supreme Court/Q&A; Tenants Defy Landlord/WeHo Smokers; Assistance for Victims of Fire; and more... Continue Reading
Inside this issue: Berkeley Budget SOS, Unbelievable!; Bay Area Rents, Animal McMansions; Sky High SF Rents, Save the Date; Tenants with Twitter, Free Mediation Services; Things You Should Know About Mold; Year-End Reminders, Quote of the Month; Annual Security Deposit Reminder; and more... Continue Reading
Inside this issue: Rise in Rents & Analysis of Compensation; Timely Rent Collection; Lease Information & Something Different; SB 337 & Only in Berkeley; Berkeley Budget SOS & Members Meeting; Rent Board Budget & Quote of the Month; The Illegal Unit; and more... Continue Reading
Inside this issue: Tenant's Failure to Pay Rent; From the Rent Board Website; Quote of the Month; We Need Suggestions!; Governor Signs Smoke-Free Rental Housing; Legal Q&A, Renters' Right to Recycle; Resident Manager Employee; October Workshop Info, Talking to Hoarders; Dealing with Hoarders; & more Continue Reading
Inside this issue: Isn't This Where We Came In?; Portugal Reforms Rent Control; Quote of the Month; Habitability 101 Part 2; Celebrity Rent Control; But Some Animals are More Equal; Letter to the Editor; Tips for Tenants; California Law on Managers; Members Meeting & Q&A; and more... Continue Reading
Inside this issue: Attorney Fee Provisions; Do You Qualify for a Load Modification?; Habitability 101; Spillover Effect from Silicon Valley; When Smokers Move Out; Let's Take the Housing Fight to the Wealthy; and more... Continue Reading
Inside this issue: CAA's Argument Against Rent Control; The Courts; Old Housing Stock Maintenance; Back to the Future; Bedbug Liability; Rental Housing Safety Program & Workshop; Energy Upgrades; Preventing Water Penetration; Barbeque Information (it's free!); and more... Continue Reading
Inside this issue: Property Owners Beware!; Checking Tenant's Credit; Nice Kitty! Nice Puppy!; In Memorium, Robert Byrd; Washington Ruined Your Washing Machine; Sacramento Watchg, 1099 Repeal, May Meeting; Roof Inspections; End of Rent Control in NY?; and more... Continue Reading
Inside this issue: The Palmer Decision; 7% Solution, Census Results, Quote; 14 Day Notice, Party Safe; Dinner Invitation; Birth Notice; Medical Marijuana, Some Students; How to Talk to a Hoarder; Prop M and Socialist Fooball; and more... Continue Reading
Inside this issue: Is It Hard to Do Business in Berkeley?; Rent Control vs. Class Discrimination; No Pets Allowed?; Is This Stuff Still Amusing?; Unbelievable; Lobbying Activity; Safe Lead Practices Training; Oakland Housing & More Bedbugs; Rent Control Lawsuits; State Law Protects the Victim; ... Continue Reading
Inside this issue: Berkeley Law to Pay for Employee Sex Changes; New Law Creates Big Tax Headache; Bedbugs! Don't Let Them Bite; Treating Bedbugs Naturally; Berkeley Benefit Debt at Least 3M; Lead Poisoning Prevention; Common Landlord Deductions; and more... Continue Reading
Inside this issue: A Narrow Win Against the Odds; Black Friday Housing Occupation; Rent Control vs. Class Discrimination; Five Red Flags for Renters; Renter Nation?; Lead Hazzard Update; When Smokers Move Out; Pet Proposal on Hold; Landlords Face Steep Fines; and more... Continue Reading
