415-649-6203No one wants to pay more than they have to for their rent. However, it’s an entirely different situation if you are being forced to pay more than what is legally allowed. Sometimes landlords impose unlawful rent increases on tenants who are unaware of their rights when it comes to their rent. Rent Increases Authorized… Read more »
Category: Rent Increases
Five Tips for Negotiating A Covid-19 Rent Reduction
Who doesn’t want a rent reduction?! With rising vacancies and eviction moratoriums triggered by the pandemic, San Francisco renters are finally in the driver’s seat when it comes to negotiating rent reductions. Landlords are cutting rent by 10 or 20 percent, offering gift cards, free rent, or other incentives for signing a new lease. This… Read more »
Common But Unenforceable Bay Area Lease Terms
It was the apartment of your dreams, so you signed the lease without giving it much thought. But now there are problems. And you don’t know what to do. Afterall, you signed the lease and now you have no choice. Not so fast. A lease is a contract and as such, it must be in… Read more »
Protecting Your Tenancy from Rent Increases
If you have rent control your landlord can’t give you a rent increase above two or three percent a year right? Not exactly. Enter Rent Board Rules and Regulations Section 1.21 . Section 1.21 allows a landlord to raise a tenant’s rent to market rate where the tenant no longer uses their home as their… Read more »
Do I Have to Sign a New Lease?
A common question we get from tenants is whether or not they have to sign a new lease. Depending on the situation signing a new lease may be obligatory or it may be completely inappropriate. In this article we discuss the various considerations. Tenants Cannot Refuse to Sign a Lease that is Materially Similar or… Read more »
The Ballot Initiative Tenants Need to Know About
Proposition 10 will be on the ballot this November Proposition 10, known as the Affordable Housing Act, will be on California’s state ballot this November 6. What is Prop 10 and why should you care about it? Well, Prop 10 seeks to repeal one of the most draconian housing laws ever enacted in California, namely… Read more »
