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.
Why Doesn't Berkeley Have More Condos; Is Student Noise a Problem for UC Plans?; Builders Bemoan Housing Hurdles; Berkeley Council Approves Housing Plan; California Legislative Update; County Ends Tenant Criminal Background Checks; Costa-Hawkins Under Attack Again Continue Reading
When a Tenant Dies; Nonprofit Builders Hope to Repeat; 19m Renters Burdened by Housing Costs; Nuts & Bolts; West Berkeley 99 Cent Store to Close; The 50 Best College Towns in America; Are Rentals the Future of Real Estate in California Continue Reading
Judge Allows Moratorium to Stand; Rent Control is Destroying a City Near You; Can a Vacancy Tax Relieve Housing Shortage; Nuts & Bolts; Texas Once Had Rent Control; Global Rent Spiral; Bay Area Rents Fall Continue Reading
Voter's Election Guide; More Area Cities Enact Rent Control; 26 Story Building in Berkeley; Berkeley's Push to End Single-Family Zoning; Nuts & Bolts; Builder's Remedy Enforcement Coming; 2022 Landlord Insurance Guide; Micro-Units Plan Submitted in SF Continue Reading
Big Changes Coming to Berkeley; Re-Zoning Prosperous Neighborhoods; What if SF Got Serious About Single Family Zoning?; Oakland, SF Still Recovering from Rent Declines; Housing Bills Package Heads to Newsom's Desk; CA Legislative Update Continue Reading
About Light Bulbs; California Theater Site Proposal: 200+ Units; Goodbye UA Theater?; Housing Affordability Falls Further; Renting Vs. Owning; State Legislative Update; Can SF Really Add 82,000 Units by 2030? Continue Reading
On Golden Duplexes; Cities Resist New Density Law; Housing Projects Stalled Despite Crackdown; Half of CA Tenants Had No Rent Increase; Property Management Nuts & Bolts; Proposed Black Housing Fund; Oakland Considers Housing Lifeline; Eviction Payments to Tenants Law Upheld Continue Reading
About Door Locks; Berkeley Ponders Vacant Home Tax for Ballot; NX Ventures Proposes 26-Story Project; Berkeley Buys Older Buildings to Boost Housing; Attorney Q&A on Continuing Eviction Moratorium; Property Management Nuts & Bolts; Oakland Caps Increases for Rent Controlled Units; Tech Layoffs Threa Continue Reading
Tenants Seek Help as Inflation Drives Rents; NX Wants to Build Berkeley's Newest Highrise; Proposal Would Cap Oakland Increases at 3%; Update on Moratoria Challenges; Housing Crisis Squeezes College Students; Court Denies Challenge to SF Eviction Protection Continue Reading
SF Strengthens Tenants Unions Law; Complying with Berkeley's E3 Inspections; Property Management Nuts & Bolts; Cal's Transformational Vision Continue Reading
New Law Mitigates USB Enrollment Freeze; Growth Concerns Not Solved by New Law; The Nuts & Bolts of Property Manager; Berkeley Going All Out on Housing Continue Reading
Berkeley Housing Projects; Vacancy Tax in SF; 40,000 Vacant Units in SF; UC Berkeley Disputes Limit on Enrollment Continue Reading
