And even then, the landlord must pay the tenant one month’s rent in relocation assistance. And it imposes “ just cause eviction” provisions, banning move-out notices for tenants in good standing unless the landlord needs to renovate the unit, move into the unit or take it off the rental market.
The new law caps rent increases at 5% plus the rate of inflation (currently 2.9% in the Western U.S.), retroactive to March 2019.
The property manager for the 19-unit building said the notices have nothing to do with the state’s new rent-cap law, AB 1482, which takes effect on Jan. Residents of eight units in this apartment building on Anderwood Court in Pomona received 60-day notices to vacate their apartments by Jan. “They said it’s because they need to renovate, but we all know it’s because of the new rent control law,” said Hanan Gibani, a neighbor who didn’t get one of the notices. But the tenants believe they’re among a rising tide of California renters who got pre-emptive, 60-day move-out notices in advance of AB 1482, the state’s new rent-cap law. Their property manager said they’re emptying the units for renovations. Seven other renters in the Durans’ 19-unit building just north of the 10 freeway got similar notices. Rising tide of tenants getting 60-day move-out notices in advance of statewide rent cap – Orange County Register Close Menu