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: 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
Inside this issue: The McConnell Report; The Madness of Rent Stabilization; Leaving the Business in a Tax Efficient Way; Condo Conversions, a Summary; America's New Day; New President, new Office; and more... Continue Reading
Inside this issue: The McConnell Report; Malcolm Gladwell; EBMUD Rebate Program; Office Move; Tips for Landlords; A Hollywood Story; and more... Continue Reading
Inside this issue: The McConnell Report; Rent Control 101; New Laws for 2009; Office News; A Rent Affair; 5 Big Costly Mistakes You Can Avoid; From Market Urbanism; Rents are Dropping; Market Soft; and more... Continue Reading
