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Timely happenings and insights from the firm built for rental housing providers and the professionals who serve them.

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An update on Alameda County's eviction and our reaction to Supervisor Haubert's Town Hall meeting on this subject.

Takeaways for rental housing providers after President Biden's State of the Union address.

San Francisco says that vacant rental properties must be used for the public good or be taxed. Landlords disagree and commence a lawsuit. Not to discriminate, the City also frowns upon empty commercial spaces.

Certain SF apartment owners must upgrade fire alarm systems. We talk to a fire safety expert.

There are "testers" employed by nonprofits contracted by HUD to expose housing discrimination.

Supervisor David Haubert took on Alameda County's eviction moratorium in a Town Hall meeting. Now what?

The Supervisor hit all of the right notes, and our community loved what he had to say. But will this translate into action?

Our review

No "New Deal" for tenants mentioned in Biden's address and only a fleeting reference to affordable housing

Despite the push for a Tenant Bill of Rights and with an affordable housing crisis upon us, we didn't hear much from POTUS on these topics in the State of the Union speech.

Takeaways

Vacant properties come with a price, but a lawsuit attempts to put SF in their place

If you own something - whether a car or real estate - you should be able to use it or choose not to use it because you own it.

But not in San Francisco, where a rental property must be used for the greater public good or it will be taxed.

A lawsuit submits that the government cannot tell owners what to do with their property.

February 28 is an important date for those of you who own or lease commercial space in San Francisco

Commercial property owners and tenants of retail storefronts in San Francisco Neighborhood Commercial Districts (NCTs) will need to file a vacancy tax return, regardless of whether the retail space is vacant, or there is a vacancy tax due.

This engenders many questions and we will take this topic on in a future article.

Fair housing "testers" look to push landlords off of a cliff

There are nonprofits hiring imposters for the sole purpose of catching landlords in the act of discriminatory housing practices, making it imperative that we are careful in our communication with prospective tenants.

Avoid Blunders

An ordinance going into effect in July lights a fire under some SF rental property owners

Owners with three or more rental units with a fire alarm system will be soon required to pass the "pillow test" of 75 decibels.

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This is just a small sampling of what we are following here at Bornstein Law in our relentless task of updating the rental housing community in a very fluid regulatory regime.

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Should you have any questions, please email me: daniel@bornstein.law.

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