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Illustration by Adriana Heldiz/CalMatters; iStock, RentCafeCalifornia and federal prosecutors have accused software company RealPage of enriching itself 鈥漚t the expense of renters who pay inflated prices.鈥� -
CalMatters; iStockThe Yes and No on 33 campaigns have collectively spent more than $140 million. CalMatters fact checked some of the more pervasive claims made by both sides.
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A new poll from the non-partisan Public Policy Institute of California shows California voters are almost evenly split on two housing-related measures appearing on the ballot this fall. -
The lawsuit, joined by eight states and Washington D.C., alleges that RealPage鈥檚 software helps landlords keep rental prices high, even in a down market. -
An additional $4 million will help the state relaunch the program to install energy-efficient heating and cooling devices in rental homes, but funds could run out quickly. -
Tenants in many new privately owned, low-income units will be protected from double-digit increases. So will some in existing units, after a state committee on affordable housing imposed a rent cap. -
HUD wants to see what happens when you give cash directly to renters, instead of traditional vouchers. At least one California housing authority is interested. -
The state housing agency still can鈥檛 reliably say how many Oregonians were helped, the report found. -
California lawmakers created a program with billions of dollars in federal relief money, hoping to stem a flood of evictions as state and local COVID-related emergency eviction bans came to an end. But a sizable, unlucky minority of applicants 鈥� tenants and landlords alike 鈥� have had to wait鈥nd wait and wait. -
Oregon landlords will be capped at raising rent 10% next year for market-rate housing 15 years or older. -
Tenants complained about steep rent increases from a Silicon Valley landlord. Now, 20 of them will get a refund under a state rent control law. -
Two years ago, Blackstone bought 66 relatively low-rent apartment buildings in San Diego County from a charitable foundation. Tenants of those 5,800 dwellings say they see rent increases, maintenance issues and evictions in their futures. -
A proposal making its way through the California Legislature would cap the amount landlords can charge for rental housing security deposits, a move supporters say would make stable housing more affordable and accessible.
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Oregon鈥檚 current law limits rent hikes to 7% plus inflation. In some recent cases, that鈥檚 resulted in 14% increases.
