Property Management News

Landlords would need to give a month’s notice before filing evictions in public housing or certain subsidized units under a new federal rule. A new Biden administration rule would require landlords of federally subsidized housing to give tenants notice before taking action to evict them over missed rent payments. Under the proposed rule, landlords who accept certain subsidies would need to provide written notice at least 30 days before filing an eviction in court. The new requirement from the US Department of Housing and Urban Development would apply to public housing agencies as well as owners of properties that participate in federal rental assistance programs, shoring up protections... Read more

Los Angeles County supervisors voted Tuesday to extend — and slightly increase to 4% — a soon-to-expire cap on rent increases, sparing tenants in unincorporated areas from a big rent hike for an additional six months. In November 2022, the supervisors approved a temporary 3% cap on annual rent increases, framing it as a short-term way to keep rent-burdened residents in their homes as the pandemic-era tenant protections dissipated. The cap applies to all rent-controlled units in unincorporated L.A. County — that means those units built before 1995, as well as all mobile homes. The cap was meant to expire at the end of this year, at which point landlords could have hiked rents by up... Read more