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: Bay Area Housing Pressures Continue; Renter Protection Plan Fizzles; Wildfires Raise Fears of "Mass Exodus"; 2018: Santa Crus Rent Control Campaign; Berkeley Tenant Buyouts: Update; Will the Bay Area Bubble Burst?; Members Meeting... Continue Reading
Inside this issue: Haskel Street Development; High Incomes Drive Rents; Housing Crisis; Bedbugs; Massive Rent Hike Lawsuit; Mark Tarses; Members Meeting... Continue Reading
Inside this issue: Source of Incone & Tenant Selection; Taxing Landlords with Vacant Units; Affordable Housing in El Cerrito; Fremont Isn't Ready for Rent Control; Ratio Billing Utility Systems; 83% of Bay Area Renters Plan to Leave; September Meeting Invitation; Washing Machines... Continue Reading
Inside this issue: McConnell on Alameda's Evictions Law; SF Eviction Law Defeated in Court; Consequences of Costa-Hawkins Repeal; Laws OK'd in SF, Rent Control in Richmond; Bay Area Rents Jump; Santa Monica Nixes "No to Section 8" Policies; Tenant Protections Unlikely in Oregon... Continue Reading
Inside this issue: Cities to Try Rent Control; BRHC Backs Challenge to CI Offset; For the Fear of Shadows; Mitigation Fund for Housing the Homeless; Seattle Tests Law Preventing Discrimination; San Francisco Abusive Landlord; Office Notes.. Continue Reading
Inside this issue: Landlords Win Ruling on Eviction Fees; New Bedbug Law, Move Out 2017; Backlash Threatens Real Estate Projects; Bay Area Rents are Falling; Battle Over Rent Control; Workshop/Meeting Invitation... Continue Reading
Inside this issue: Berkeley Back Room Deals; So Long Costa Hawkins; The Money is Already Spent; Unconstitutional Inspections; The Voice of the Activist Tenant; New Laws for ADUs... Continue Reading
Inside this issue: Seeing Red on Rent Control; Owner Move-In; Richmond Rent Control; Rent Board Resignation; Santa Monica Section 8; Attack on Costa-Hawkins; Emotional Support Pet... Continue Reading
Inside this issue: Governor to Increase Housing; Landlords Sue to Block Rent Control; Bedbug Legislation; Why We Deserve the Big Bucks; SFAA Sues City of San Francisco... Continue Reading
Inside this issue: 5% of West Hollywood Has Been Ellissed; Tenant Protections; What's Causing the Housing Shortage; Bay Area Rental Market Cools; Adding Value... Continue Reading
Inside this issue: What's Ahead for Rent Control?; New Rent Controlled Housing; Trump Effect on Housing Market; Changing the Rules to Close the Housing Gap; Coalition Corner & BPOA Meeting Info; Winter Dinner Invitation: and more... Continue Reading
Inside this issue: Not Enough Housing; Renters' Rights; Inclusionary Housing; Court Rules for Ellis Act; Housing Shortage May Impede Growth; Big Money Behind Rent Control Debate; Coalition Corner & BPOA Meeting Info; Winter Dinner Invitation; and more... Continue Reading
