New 2024 housing laws impacting California tenants and landlords

TULARE COUNTY, Calif. (KFSN) -- Moving into a caller flat successful California whitethorn present beryllium much affordable for galore renters.

Assembly Bill 12 limits the magnitude landlords tin complaint for a information deposit to conscionable 1 month's rent alternatively of two.

Action News spoke with tenants astatine 1 Visalia flat analyzable a fewer weeks agone who shared their vexation from paying thousands up beforehand for a deposit.

"They did complaint america $7,000 down to determination into the apartment. It's chaotic to me, it's insane that they tin inquire that overmuch legally," said Taylor Smith, an flat tenant.

Another tenant who does not privation to beryllium identified said scrambling to travel up with the deposit wealth during the holidays near her stressed and depressed.

"It was benignant of devastating due to the fact that it near america hard to travel up with adjacent month's rent. I was getting acceptable to commencement a caller occupation getting here. So, it was benignant of rough, which near nary nutrient connected the array for a while," they say.

Other caller laws besides purpose to marque lodging much accessible successful California.

Senate Bill 4 removes definite barriers to let churches, spiritual organizations and nonprofit colleges to physique affordable lodging connected their land.

Starting April 1, Senate Bill 567 volition interaction landlords who marque tenants determination retired truthful they tin determination into a home.

It volition necessitate the spot owners oregon their household members to determination into the spot wrong 90 days and unrecorded determination for astatine slightest 12 months.

Critics of lodging laws similar these often reason they enactment an unfair load connected landlords and marque it intolerable to evict radical for a assortment of reasons.

Supporters accidental they assistance trim homelessness and guarantee renters are treated fairly.

A database of caller laws tin beryllium recovered here.

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