Newsletters and commentary for Berkeley Rental Housing Providers
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.
Inside this issue: Make This Guy Governor; Calpers Eyes Ban on Rent Control Conversions; Pool Bond Measure; Difference Between Liberalism, Progressiveism; Should Government Impose Retrofit?; Court Rules Property Owners on Section 8; California Tax Cliamet; Tenant Activists Exacerbate Housing Crisis Continue Reading
Inside this issue: Rent Board Openings & New EPA Rule; How a Court Decision Can Affect You; How Much Does Rent Control Cost?; A Tale of Three Cities and Four Pools; Tarses Tips; Who Benefits & Your Rent Board at Work; New Tax, and more... Continue Reading
Inside this issue: Rent Control Subject to Class Action Suit; Attorneys Fees Provisions; Mold Advice; Rent Outta Shape; Tarses Tips; Real State, Smoke Detectors, and Competition; Flash News; WFC; and more... Continue Reading
Inside this issue: Government Loves Landowners; Becoming a Pet-Friendly Landlord; Maintenance; Could Be Worse; Berkeley City Council Approves Soft Story; Worst Tenant; Correction; Fire Prevention; and more... Continue Reading
Inside this issue: Management Practice in the Downturn; Proposed 2010 State Legislation; Tarses Tips; Interpretation of "last original tenant"; Peggy Schioler Awards for 2009; Q&A and Lead-Free Plumbing; New Lead Paint Renovation Rules; Frequently Asked Questions; Replacement Tenant Form; and more. Continue Reading
Inside this issue: Affordable Housing: Recent Legal Developments; Pets; A Simple Yes or No May be Way Too Simple; Security Deposit Interest Rates; AGA; Moving Out; Big Business in Berkeley?; Guide to Screening; and more... Continue Reading
Inside this issue: Government Fees that Affect Real Estate; Dropping Rents; Tarses Tips; Mobile Home Rent Control; Ten Biggest Property Tax Payers; They BE Pigs; We Be Horses; Habitability and Repairs; Stimulus Funding Comes Home to Berkeley; Businesses; and more... Continue Reading
Inside this issue: A Rent Affair; Every Cloud May Have a Silver Lining; Parallel Universes; Berkeley's Rental Housing Safety Program; Three Day Notices Done Right; HUD Money Goes to ACORN; The Five Year Plan; Frank's Fingerprints; and more... Continue Reading
Inside this issue: Lawsuit Ruling on Mixed Income Ordinance; Workers Compensation Primer; California Tenants Have No Friends; State Retrofit Requirements; Members Meeting Dinner Invitation; Businesses and Services Directory; and more... Continue Reading
Inside this issue: Don't Blame Prop 13; Hoarders and Clutterers; Roof Inspections; A Different Kind of Q&A; What I Learned as a Tenant; San Rafael Appeals Rent Control Ruling; Refuse Ballot Wrap Up; Zero!; Current Berkeley Rent Levels; City Refuse Policy; and more... Continue Reading
Inside this issue: The McConnell Report; Buying California Tax Deeds; Q&A; When Does a Tenant's Obligation End?; Berkeley's Budgetary Blessing; Letters to the City; A Bad Economy is Bad for Recycling; and more... Continue Reading
Inside this issue: The McConnell Report; How to Improve Your Property; Chinese Drywall; Hot Debate on Berkeley's Energy Plans; Feeling the Heat; and more... Continue Reading
BPOA News & Commentary
Newsletters and commentary for Berkeley Rental Housing Providers
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.
Inside this issue: Make This Guy Governor; Calpers Eyes Ban on Rent Control Conversions; Pool Bond Measure; Difference Between Liberalism, Progressiveism; Should Government Impose Retrofit?; Court Rules Property Owners on Section 8; California Tax Cliamet; Tenant Activists Exacerbate Housing Crisis Continue Reading
Inside this issue: Rent Board Openings & New EPA Rule; How a Court Decision Can Affect You; How Much Does Rent Control Cost?; A Tale of Three Cities and Four Pools; Tarses Tips; Who Benefits & Your Rent Board at Work; New Tax, and more... Continue Reading
Inside this issue: Rent Control Subject to Class Action Suit; Attorneys Fees Provisions; Mold Advice; Rent Outta Shape; Tarses Tips; Real State, Smoke Detectors, and Competition; Flash News; WFC; and more... Continue Reading
Inside this issue: Government Loves Landowners; Becoming a Pet-Friendly Landlord; Maintenance; Could Be Worse; Berkeley City Council Approves Soft Story; Worst Tenant; Correction; Fire Prevention; and more... Continue Reading
Inside this issue: Management Practice in the Downturn; Proposed 2010 State Legislation; Tarses Tips; Interpretation of "last original tenant"; Peggy Schioler Awards for 2009; Q&A and Lead-Free Plumbing; New Lead Paint Renovation Rules; Frequently Asked Questions; Replacement Tenant Form; and more. Continue Reading
Inside this issue: Affordable Housing: Recent Legal Developments; Pets; A Simple Yes or No May be Way Too Simple; Security Deposit Interest Rates; AGA; Moving Out; Big Business in Berkeley?; Guide to Screening; and more... Continue Reading
Inside this issue: Government Fees that Affect Real Estate; Dropping Rents; Tarses Tips; Mobile Home Rent Control; Ten Biggest Property Tax Payers; They BE Pigs; We Be Horses; Habitability and Repairs; Stimulus Funding Comes Home to Berkeley; Businesses; and more... Continue Reading
Inside this issue: A Rent Affair; Every Cloud May Have a Silver Lining; Parallel Universes; Berkeley's Rental Housing Safety Program; Three Day Notices Done Right; HUD Money Goes to ACORN; The Five Year Plan; Frank's Fingerprints; and more... Continue Reading
Inside this issue: Lawsuit Ruling on Mixed Income Ordinance; Workers Compensation Primer; California Tenants Have No Friends; State Retrofit Requirements; Members Meeting Dinner Invitation; Businesses and Services Directory; and more... Continue Reading
Inside this issue: Don't Blame Prop 13; Hoarders and Clutterers; Roof Inspections; A Different Kind of Q&A; What I Learned as a Tenant; San Rafael Appeals Rent Control Ruling; Refuse Ballot Wrap Up; Zero!; Current Berkeley Rent Levels; City Refuse Policy; and more... Continue Reading
Inside this issue: The McConnell Report; Buying California Tax Deeds; Q&A; When Does a Tenant's Obligation End?; Berkeley's Budgetary Blessing; Letters to the City; A Bad Economy is Bad for Recycling; and more... Continue Reading
Inside this issue: The McConnell Report; How to Improve Your Property; Chinese Drywall; Hot Debate on Berkeley's Energy Plans; Feeling the Heat; and more... Continue Reading