\t\t\t\t\tWhy this matters<\/p>\n
San Diegans, similar to residents in communities across the state, are grappling with a worsening housing and homelessness crisis.<\/p>\n
Inflation is creeping up slightly nationwide, and that means San Diego County property owners and managers can set rents a bit higher for the next year.<\/p>\n
Starting this Friday, the new cap on rent increases for the San Diego region is 8.8% \u2014 an increase from last year\u2019s limit<\/a> of 8.6%. The change comes from a cost-of-living adjustment set by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics<\/a>.<\/p>\n The California Tenant Protection Act, passed in 2019, limits how much landlords can raise the rent in a 12-month period. It set a 10% maximum cap, or 5% plus the percentage change in the cost of living, whichever is lower. Every year, that calculation is determined in April and the change takes effect August 1. <\/p>\n How to calculate a rent increase<\/p>\n Take the new rent and subtract the old rent from it. Then, divide that amount by the old rent. In the example below, a tenant received notice their rent was increasing from $2,150 to $2,500.\u00a0<\/p>\n $2,500 \u2013 $2,150 = $350 \/ $2,150 = .1627 or a 16.3% increase<\/p>\n The new 8.8% cap will remain in effect in San Diego County until the next adjustment in August 2026.<\/p>\n The rent cap applies to most rental housing in California that is older than 15 years, including single-family homes and condos owned by corporations, mobile homes rented from a mobile home park\u2019s management, and housing rented by Section 8 voucher holders, according to California Attorney General Rob Bonta.<\/p>\n Rental housing providers who want to increase the rent<\/a> generally must provide tenants a 30-day notice, but that requirement jumps to 90 days if they intend to raise the rent above the 10% maximum cap on exempt properties, when law allows it. And that notice must be in writing, delivered to the tenant personally, put on the door or sent in the mail. <\/p>\n For tips on how to spot an illegal rent increase<\/a>, read inewsource\u2019s guide and our previous investigation<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n \t\t\tType of Content<\/p>\n News: Based on facts, either observed and verified directly by the reporter, or reported and verified from knowledgeable sources.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Why this matters San Diegans, similar to residents in communities across the state, are grappling with a worsening…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":99578,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5134],"tags":[5229,1582,276,7265,16215,65128,3549,3550,7264,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-99577","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-san-diego","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-ca","10":"tag-california","11":"tag-homelessness","12":"tag-housing-and-development","13":"tag-illegal-rent-increases","14":"tag-san-diego","15":"tag-san-diego-county","16":"tag-sandiego","17":"tag-united-states","18":"tag-united-states-of-america","19":"tag-unitedstates","20":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","21":"tag-us","22":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/114931347210672857","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99577","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=99577"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99577\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/99578"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=99577"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=99577"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=99577"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}