1. Question: Are email communications between tenant and landlord admissible in court? Answer: Yes, emails can be admitted into evidence (if all rules of [...]

January 17, 2024 Mike Nemeth CAA Marketing and Communications Director In the upcoming November election, California’s rental housing providers face an existential threat from [...]

Over the past year, the California Apartment Association weighed in on hundreds of rental housing related bills at the state Capitol. These efforts prevented [...]

1. Question: If a tenant is evicted, do they forfeit their security deposit? Answer: Even though a tenant is evicted, they still have a [...]

This blog post discusses the California Apartment Association’s involvement in evaluating numerous rental housing bills at the state Capitol for 2023. This involvement helped [...]

1. Question: I heard that VAWA was approved again by the government and that it applies all units. Is that true? Answer: VAWA (Violence [...]

1. Question: How can we determine if the roaches in the apartment were the result of bad housekeeping? Is it our responsibility to get [...]

BY DANIEL FEININGER/FEB. 12, 2023 11:00 AM EST Maintaining a comfortable home is high on the list of priorities for anyone. For renters, however, the [...]

Landlords want good tenants to stay. Constant tenant turnover is a nightmare, so getting a tenant to renew their lease is an important goal for many [...]

The owners of a building in Santa Monica had raised rent from $865 to $3000 in two months The owners of a Santa Monica [...]