BPOA News & Commentary

This section houses newsletters and select articles—including President’s Messages and guest-written editorials—from BPOA’s archive dating back to 2008. Explore past issues to see how Berkeley’s rental housing landscape has evolved.

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August 2012 Issue
August 2012 Issue

Inside this issue: Softstory Retrofit Mandatory; When Rent Control Provides a Getaway; Alameda Grand Jury Report; Bay Area Apartment Rents Soar; Meeting & Workshop Information; Quote of the Month; Talking to Hoarders; and more... Continue Reading

Postedby BPOA Master
Date posted08/1/2012


June 2012 Issue
June 2012 Issue

Inside this issue: San Francisco Spillover; Deadbeat Database & Cal Move-Out; Don't Just Do Something, Stand There; Abuse of Rent Control; Quote of the Month; Fiscal Accountability Initiative; Unfunded Liabilities; Habitat for Humanity ReStore; and more... Continue Reading

Postedby BPOA Master
Date posted06/1/2012


May 2012 Issue
May 2012 Issue

Inside this issue: George Will on Rent Control; Bay Area Renters Squeezed in Tight Market; Supreme Court Declines to Hear Rent Control; The Farce Continues; Habitability and Related Issues; Zoning Madness; Rent; and more... Continue Reading

Postedby BPOA Master
Date posted05/1/2012


April 2012 Issue
April 2012 Issue

Inside this issue: Refinancing Made Easy-er; Lowest Income Renters Left Behind; Who's Largess?; Pay Your Own Rent, A Good Idea; Econ 101; Rebate Opportunities; Sighted in Berkeley; A Berkeley Story; and more... Continue Reading

Postedby BPOA Master
Date posted04/1/2012


March 2012 Issue
March 2012 Issue

Inside this issue: How Rent Control Subsidizes; New American Dream & Dirksen Updated; A Rose By Any Other Name & Quote; Attorney Fees Provisions; Member Workshop Information; London Living Rent System; Q&A; Babbling Brooks & Dumpster Purchase; and more... Continue Reading

Postedby BPOA Master
Date posted03/1/2012


February 2012 Issue
February 2012 Issue

Inside this issue: Supreme Court Might Upset Rent Control; Barney Did It!; Solar Hot Water & Quote of the Month; Berkeley City Manager Pension; NY Rent Control Hits Supreme Court (2); Top Ten Tax Deductions for Landlords; Dissed to Distraction; and more... Continue Reading

Postedby BPOA Master
Date posted02/1/2012


January 2012 Issue
January 2012 Issue

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

Postedby BPOA Master
Date posted01/1/2012


December 2011 Issue
December 2011 Issue

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

Postedby BPOA Master
Date posted12/1/2011


November 2011 Issue
November 2011 Issue

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

Postedby BPOA Master
Date posted11/1/2011


October 2011 Issue
October 2011 Issue

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

Postedby BPOA Master
Date posted11/1/2011


September 2011 Issue
September 2011 Issue

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

Postedby BPOA Master
Date posted09/1/2011


August 2011 Issue
August 2011 Issue

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

Postedby BPOA Master
Date posted08/1/2011