A contentious housing bill that would have capped rent increases to 5% a year died in the Assembly on Tuesday, a decision ...
Assemblymember Ash Kalra, D-San Jose, speaks at a rally in support of Assembly Bill 1157, his bill to cut the annual rent ...
State Sen. Jesse Arreguín, a Berkeley Democrat and renter, will take over his chamber’s Housing Committee, succeeding Aisha ...
The measure would lower California’s current rent cap from 10% to 5% annually, or 2% plus inflation, whichever is lower, and ...
California lawmakers are confronting the hot topic of rent control ahead of a legislative vote aimed at a statewide rent cap.
California lawmakers are continuing to prioritize housing construction as they return to the Legislature, while shelving a measure to slow rent increases for tenants.
LA has had rent control for decades. Still, most of the city’s renters pay more than what the federal government considers ...
With America’s rent crisis deepening, state and local leaders should use rent control to protect residents, preserve ...
Happy Tuesday, and welcome to another edition of Rent Free. This week's newsletter takes a look at the bad idea in housing policy that never seems to die: rent control. In Massachusetts, housing ...
AB 1157, known as the Affordable Rent Act, didn’t get enough votes to advance out of committee. It is unlikely to resurface ...