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Rahman Popal Selected for 2024 Northern California Super Lawyers List
We are delighted to announce that Rahman Popal, the founder and owner of The Law Firm for Tenant Rights, Inc., has been selected for the 2024 Northern California Super Lawyers list. This prestigious accolade is awarded to only the top 5% of lawyers in the state, highlighting their exceptional legal skills and professional achievements. Super […]
Concord Residential Tenant Anti-Harassment Ordinance
Concord’s Residential Tenant Anti-Harassment Ordinance (Concord Municipal Code 19.50) became effective on July 28, 2022. The Ordinance protects tenants of residential buildings against harassment by their landlords. There is also a new Rent Control and Eviction Ordinance in Concord, California. To read more about it, click here. The Ordinance protects any tenant of a residential property, including […]
A primer on reasonable accommodations
In California, the Fair Employment and Housing Act (“FEHA”) prohibits discrimination and retaliation on the basis of a tenant’s protected characteristic. In the housing context, FEHA applies to real estate agents, landlords, property management companies, home sellers, mortgage lenders, housing authorities, and other housing providers. CA Gov. Code § 12955. FEHA prohibits discrimination against tenants […]
Establishing bad-faith landlord harassment
See my article on establishing bad-faith landlord harassment published in Plaintiff Magazine here.
SF eviction moratorium protects tenants accruing Covid-related rental debt post-July 2022
Many tenants are not aware that San Francisco’s eviction moratorium related to Covid rental debt is still in effect as of February 2023. Here is guidance from the City’s website: Local Eviction Protections for Tenants Beginning July 1, 2022 Landlords and tenants should be aware that Mayor Breed signed legislation that prohibits landlords from evicting residential tenants for non-payment […]
Renters rights and housing on the ballot
With the increased cost of housing outpacing wage growth, rent control issues, including stricter eviction protections were on the ballot throughout the State. The results prove that there is a strong appetite within the electorate to pass stronger tenant protections and to curtail rampant speculation and greed driving up costs in the housing market. Oakland, […]
Poor habitability violates tenant rights and can lead to personal injury
Every person deserves to live in a home environment that is clean and reasonably free of hazards. For those who rent, there are laws that protect them from living in conditions that are harmful to their health or lead to personal injury accidents. As a tenant, you have rights. By using the law, you can […]
Oakland rent increase adjusted downward; Santa Monica set to allow a 6% increase.
Pursuant to the formula, which ties the local Oakland rent increase to the regional Consumer Price Index (CPI) increase, the Oakland Rent Board published a 6.7% allowable rent increase that was set to go into effect on July 1, 2022. Given the staggering increase, after some public outcry, the City Council adopted a resolution to […]
Trebling damages for premises-liability/habitability bodily injury claims.
See Rahman Popal’s article in Plaintiff’s Magazine here.
Heat is a minimum and essential habitability requirement.
I should not have to write this. Yet, I find myself reminding landlords and management companies that heat is an essential and minimum habitability requirement under California state and local laws. Too often, landlords refuse to provide any heat, refuse to maintain heating facilities in working order or supply insufficient heating facilities that fail to […]
