Do tenants have a right to keep the landlord from entering their home? Yes, but it’s important to understand how tenants must assert their right to quiet enjoyment. Tenants often contact me wondering what to do when the landlord demands to be
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I am often contacted by tenants that have been injured because of problems with the house or apartment they rent that the landlord refuses to fix. Sometimes the problem is one that the landlord has known about for a long time, and
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Tenant Protection for California Tenants On January 1, 2020, California enacted Statewide eviction control, and capped the amount of rent increases that most landlords can impose upon residential tenants. The bill that changed the law creates two new sections of the Civil
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Civil Code §1946.2 may not Displace Other Local Laws that Protect Tenants from Unjust Eviction Several cities across California already have ordinances that require just cause to evict residential tenants. Whether these municipal ordinances will be replaced by the new statewide eviction
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The Implied Warranty of Habitability Requires Residential Properties Conform to Standards California tenants have a right to insist that the landlord keep the rental property maintained in safe and sanitary condition. This legal obligation requires landlords and their managers to guarantee certain
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