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Push to give San Francisco tenants union-like protections
Legislative Updates

Push to give San Francisco tenants union-like protections

Debate on whether employers can mandate vaccination
Coronavirus

Debate on whether employers can mandate vaccination

2020 Most Influential People in Housing
People and Politics

2020 Most Influential People in Housing

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Push to give San Francisco tenants union-like protections
Legislative Updates

Push to give San Francisco tenants union-like protections

Debate on whether employers can mandate vaccination
Coronavirus

Debate on whether employers can mandate vaccination

2020 Most Influential People in Housing
People and Politics

2020 Most Influential People in Housing

Takeaways from TransUnion’s Rental Housing Financial Impact Study
Housing Policy

Takeaways from TransUnion’s Rental Housing Financial Impact Study

Proposal to compel landlords to accept guarantors
Fair Housing Laws

Proposal to compel landlords to accept guarantors

Orange skies a metaphor for landlords
Coronavirus

Orange skies a metaphor for landlords

Billionaires please stand up
Coronavirus

Billionaires please stand up

The appeal of tenant buyout agreements have come full circle
Coronavirus

The appeal of tenant buyout agreements have come full circle

Legislative Updates

Push to give San Francisco tenants union-like protections

Coronavirus

Debate on whether employers can mandate vaccination

We draw a parallel with rental housing We’ve been unable to find any “ how-to” manual on how to be a landlord, operate a…

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People and Politics

2020 Most Influential People in Housing

Some of the more notable figures in housing and landlord-tenant law we came across in 2020. With landlords and tenants hanging on by a…

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Housing Policy

Takeaways from TransUnion’s Rental Housing Financial Impact Study

Fair Housing Laws

Proposal to compel landlords to accept guarantors

Under fair housing proposals being floated, landlords would have to accept guarantors on behalf of unqualified tenants The Fair Employment and Housing Council is…

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Coronavirus

Orange skies a metaphor for landlords

In a recent webinar that took the format of a town hall, we were thrown a curveball. The last question posed was what we…

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Coronavirus

Billionaires please stand up

Coronavirus

The appeal of tenant buyout agreements have come full circle

With a wealth of experience in tenant buyout agreements during every era and in every Bay Area locale, Bornstein Law is uniquely positioned to…

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Coronavirus

Judicial council picks winners and losers during the pandemic

Taking away a property owner’s right to evict is unconstitutional, it is being argued in the courts, and the law is on their side.…

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Legislative Updates

What is happening under the dome of the Capitol

Legislative Updates

Tenants advocates rewrite laws under guise of COVID

AB-1436 is the latest attempt to rewrite laws under the banner of COVID  When Governor Newsom gave the green light for counties and cities…

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Coronavirus

Landlords and property managers shine through during COVID

Bornstein Law is in the business of answering tough questions, but after taking a survey gauging the impact of coronavirus on the real estate…

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Oakland

Clandestine tenant protections in Oakland emergency ordinance

Coronavirus

Landlords seek help to cushion a shortfall in rental income

Early on in the public health emergency, many rental property owners felt left to the wayside. With newfound police powers, many municipalities ushered in…

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Fair Housing Laws

New HUD guidelines on assistance animals

The agency assuages the concerns of rental property owners over phony comfort animals while enforcing the need for reasonable accommodations for those with a…

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Housing Policy

The war being waged against vacant properties

Just Cause Eviction

SF owners may soon be exposed to new eviction controls

In what would be one of the biggest expansions of San Francisco eviction protections in decades, the Board of Supervisors unanimously approved an ordinance…

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Fair Housing Laws

Feds finally take on phony comfort animal documentation

HUD takes the stance that animals should only assist tenants with a genuine need and not a mere assertion of a disability. Dogs have…

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Landlord-Tenant Law

Resolutions for landlords in 2020

Fair Housing Laws

‘Second Chance’ laws raise weighty moral and legal issues

Coined the “Fair Chance” ordinance, lawmakers in Berkeley have introduced a measure that would prohibit landlords from conducting criminal background checks in vetting most…

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Landlord-Tenant Law

Handling tenancies and unwanted occupants when the landlord passes

Winding down the earthly affairs of a departed loved one is a daunting task, and the pain of losing someone is often exasperated by…

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Airbnb & Short-Term Rentals

Airbnb Halloween Massacre Raises Scary Legal Issues

Legislative Updates

New state housing laws salute the armed services

From time to time, servicemembers and housing law intersect and with newfound protections afforded to the men and women in uniform, Bornstein Law wanted…

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In Law Units

Lower bar being set for Accessory Dwelling Units

Everyone likes a comeback story, and at the risk of being wrong twice, we see a comeback story being unfolded. Accessory Dwelling Units, also…

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Legislative Updates

Prospect for statewide rent control becomes bleaker for rental housing

Housing Policy

Proactive rental inspection programs aim to nip problems in the bud

It is the responsibility of both the landlord and the tenant to maintain a habitable dwelling, but when there is a breakdown in communication,…

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Disaster Preparedness

Price gouging bans for landlords in aftermath of earthquakes and other disasters

One of our top New Years resolutions for rental property owners was to have an emergency preparedness plan in place when Mother Nature strikes,…

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Landlord-Tenant Law

The psychology of landlord-tenant relationships

Legislative Updates

Nonprofits get first crack at SF multifamily buildings

COPA will give “qualified nonprofits” a right of first offer and the right of first refusal when an owner decides to sell a multifamily…

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Landlord-Tenant Law

Redefining single family homes opens the floodgates to rent control

In the progression of tenants’ rights, there is an interesting riddle being litigated: What, exactly, is a “single-family home” insulated from local rent regulations…

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Landlord-Tenant Law

Anti vaping revolution extends to rental units

Just Cause Eviction

Withholding rent in the spirit of protest

Bornstein Law warned the rental property industry that the defeat of Costa-Hawkins repeal would by no means deflate resilient tenant advocates who would surely…

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Section 8 Housing

Domestic Violence in rental housing and VAWA in HUD units

We were recently invited to give a speech about domestic violence in rental units in general, and specifically, HUD’s application of the Violence Against…

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Offbeat

Yabba Dabba Don’t Lawsuit For Flinstone House

Section 8 Housing

Housing choice vouchers: the good, bad and ugly

There’s been much news swirling around Section 8 housing, whether in Washington, the California statehouse or in the City by the Bay, where years…

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Legislative Updates

Tenants’ rights agenda advances in California Legislature

Wholesale expansion to rent control was rejected at the ballot box in November 2018 as Proposition 10 went down in flames, but we urged…

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Landlord-Tenant Law

Documentation considerations for landlords

Landlord-Tenant Law

Evidence that should be brought to an unlawful detainer trial

At Bornstein Law, we’ve always likened litigation to a game of tug of war – the harder each side tries to win and pulls…

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Landlord-Tenant Law

California security deposits 101

It’s back to basics at Bornstein Law. While our latest articles on Oakland’s slippery slope towards expanded rent control and other posts have been…

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Oakland

Owner occupied duplexes and triplexes now subject to Oakland rent control

Offbeat

Man sues parents for being born, our takes and we draw parallels

Editorial note: In this new “offbeat” section of our blog, we attempt to make sense of nonsense, taking on odd and humorous news before…

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Landlord-Tenant Law

Landlord murdered attempting to evict tenants

A popular real estate agent in South Jordan, Utah, dad of four and a pillar of the community was tragically slain when attempting to…

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Legislative Updates

New law governs third party rent payments

Legislative Updates

For Redwood City landlords, rental relationships may be until death do us part

Redwood City’s newly minted minimum lease requirements and relocation payment assistance ordinances read a little like a prenuptial agreement, depending on how long the…

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Oakland

Vacant property owners a whipping boy with new tax

We have said in many venues that rental property owners in Oakland are swimming upstream against an ever-expanding regulatory regime. Now, “vacant” property owners…

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Legislative Updates

Ringing in the New Year with new laws for rental property owners

Oakland

Owners challenge constitutionality of tenant relocation payments

There are tenants with many horror stories to tell about irresponsible landlords and the menagerie of shocking abuses are often plastered in the headlines.…

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Fair Housing Laws

Modifying due dates for renters receiving SSDI benefits

Renters who rely on Social Security Disability have no control over when they receive their check in the mail and so landlords who have…

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Legislative Updates

Last call to bring plumbing fixtures up to compliance

Landlord-Tenant Law

The difficult prospect of evicting a relative

With the holiday season nearing, the traditional images conjured are families gathering to feast and enjoy quality time together, yet we all know that…

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Older Posts
    • Push to give San Francisco tenants union-like protections
    • Debate on whether employers can mandate vaccination
    • 2020 Most Influential People in Housing
    • Takeaways from TransUnion’s Rental Housing Financial Impact Study
    • Proposal to compel landlords to accept guarantors
    • Orange skies a metaphor for landlords
    • Billionaires please stand up
    • The appeal of tenant buyout agreements have come full circle
    • Judicial council picks winners and losers during the pandemic
    • What is happening under the dome of the Capitol
    • Tenants advocates rewrite laws under guise of COVID
    • Landlords and property managers shine through during COVID
    • Clandestine tenant protections in Oakland emergency ordinance
    • Landlords seek help to cushion a shortfall in rental income
    • New HUD guidelines on assistance animals
    • The war being waged against vacant properties
    • SF owners may soon be exposed to new eviction controls
    • Feds finally take on phony comfort animal documentation
    • Resolutions for landlords in 2020
    • ‘Second Chance’ laws raise weighty moral and legal issues
    • Handling tenancies and unwanted occupants when the landlord passes
    • Airbnb Halloween Massacre Raises Scary Legal Issues
    • New state housing laws salute the armed services
    • Lower bar being set for Accessory Dwelling Units
    • Prospect for statewide rent control becomes bleaker for rental housing
    • Proactive rental inspection programs aim to nip problems in the bud
    • Price gouging bans for landlords in aftermath of earthquakes and other disasters
    • The psychology of landlord-tenant relationships
    • Nonprofits get first crack at SF multifamily buildings
    • Redefining single family homes opens the floodgates to rent control
    • Anti vaping revolution extends to rental units
    • Withholding rent in the spirit of protest
    • Domestic Violence in rental housing and VAWA in HUD units
    • Yabba Dabba Don’t Lawsuit For Flinstone House
    • Housing choice vouchers: the good, bad and ugly
    • Tenants’ rights agenda advances in California Legislature
    • Documentation considerations for landlords
    • Evidence that should be brought to an unlawful detainer trial
    • California security deposits 101
    • Owner occupied duplexes and triplexes now subject to Oakland rent control
    • Man sues parents for being born, our takes and we draw parallels
    • Landlord murdered attempting to evict tenants
    • New law governs third party rent payments
    • For Redwood City landlords, rental relationships may be until death do us part
    • Vacant property owners a whipping boy with new tax
    • Ringing in the New Year with new laws for rental property owners
    • Owners challenge constitutionality of tenant relocation payments
    • Modifying due dates for renters receiving SSDI benefits
    • Last call to bring plumbing fixtures up to compliance
    • The difficult prospect of evicting a relative
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