{"id":1002946,"date":"2026-08-15T19:16:14","date_gmt":"2026-08-15T19:16:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/1002946\/"},"modified":"2026-08-15T19:16:14","modified_gmt":"2026-08-15T19:16:14","slug":"new-rent-limits-take-effect-in-california","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/1002946\/","title":{"rendered":"New rent limits take effect in California"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This story originally appeared in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecentersquare.com\/california\/article_28a745de-6c13-4df1-88df-c0c150193eb7.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">The Center Square<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Landlords across the state of California face new limits in how much they can increase the rent of their tenants.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Under\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/leginfo.legislature.ca.gov\/faces\/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1482\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Assembly Bill 1482<\/a>, the California Tenant Protection Act of 2019, landlords are prohibited from increasing their rental rate more than 5% plus the rate of inflation, or 10%, whichever is lower, over a 12-month period.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The new statewide cap came into effect on Aug. 1 and will last until July 31, 2027.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cRent control in general is an extremely bad idea,\u201d Steven Greenhut, director of the Pacific Research Institute\u2019s Free Cities Center, told The Center Square in an interview. \u201cIt\u2019s a form of price control, and price controls always suppress supply.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The maximum rent increase in the San Francisco area is 8.8%. In the Los Angeles area, the maximum rent increase is 8.7%. The maximum in the Riverside area is 8.1%, according to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/oag.ca.gov\/rentcaps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">the attorney general\u2019s office<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The maximum increase in the San Diego area is 8.2%. Down from 8.8% the year before, the San Diego area is the only area that is seeing a lower rate than the year prior.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Greenhut attributed the decrease in rent in San Diego to a \u201cbuilding boom.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe answer is to build more housing and to make it easier to build housing,\u201d Greenhut said. \u201cSan Diego has seen a building boom, and that\u2019s how you reduce rents, through competition and increasing the supply.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">All other counties are limited to an 8.6% increase.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Housing built within the last 15 years, duplexes where the owner occupies one of the units, and single-family homes and condos, if they are not owned by corporations and tenants are served with a written exemption notice, are exempt from the rent increase laws.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Some counties and cities have their own additional rent stabilization laws beyond the statewide caps, which further limit the increase landlords can charge renters.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the City of Los Angeles, landlords can only increase rent by up to 100% of the change in the Consumer Price Index. The maximum increase is 8% and if the change is less than 3%, the rent may be increased up to 3%, which was the limit this past year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecentersquare.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">The Center Square<\/a> provides high-quality statehouse and statewide news across the United States with a focus on government accountability and economic reporting.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"This story originally appeared in The Center Square. 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