AB 1482 Tenant Protection Act 2022

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What is AB 1482 Tenant Protection Act 2022?

The Tenant Protection Act of 2022 will provide tenants with new rights, such as the ability to challenge rent increases in court and the right to receive notice from their landlords if their units are being renovated.

The law is a response to the growing trend of landlord-tenant disputes, which have cost California taxpayers millions of dollars in legal fees. The Tenant Protection Act (AB 1482) is a new law in California that will protect tenants from unfair eviction. California is one of only a few states in the country with such a law.
The act will take effect on January 1, 2022. Tenants who are subject to an unlawful eviction may be eligible for restitution, legal fees, and other relief. The act also creates a rent gouging hotline for tenants to call if they believe their landlord is engaging in illegal rent increases.

The AB 1482 Tenant Protection Act 2022 was created to protect tenants from unfair evictions.
The act states that landlords must provide reasonable notice prior to eviction and that the tenant has the right to a hearing if they believe their eviction is wrongful. Landlords are also prohibited from retaliating against tenants for exercising their rights under the act.

The AB 1482 Tenant Protection Act 2022 was introduced in the California State Assembly on January 25, 2019. If passed, the bill would create a statewide tenant protection program that would provide tenants with certain rights and resources when they are facing eviction or other housing-related issues. The bill would also require landlords to provide information about their tenant protections program to prospective tenants, and it would create a statewide database of tenant protections programs.

What does this mean for landlords?

The US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has released a report which concludes that the predominant use of Section 8 vouchers in recent years has been for housing low-income families.
The finding is based on data from HUD’s Multi-Year Program Assessment Report, which analyzed tenant use of vouchers from 2013 to 2017. According to HUD, the report shows that Section 8 vouchers have become a primary tool for landlords to raise rents and evict tenants. The report also found that nearly half of all voucher recipients are using vouchers to pay more than 30% of their monthly income in rent, and almost one-third are paying more than 50% of their income in rent.

California lawmakers are considering a bill that would allow rent increases to happen up to 5% in 2022. If the measure is passed, it would be the first time in over a decade that California has allowed rent hikes. Advocates of the bill say that it will help to address the statewide housing crisis. Opponents of the bill argue that it will further increase financial burdens on low-income Californians.

[arianacrockett]

if a landlord violates Ab1482 on rent cap only, the only government agency that has jurisdiction is the department pf consumer & business affairs dependent of county. Ex: Los Angeles dept. of consumer & business affairs.

BUT if a landlord issues an invalid termination of tenancy notice WITHOUT just cause, OR no fault just cause and FALSELY claims TPA exemption there is NO department at the federal, state, county, or city level that has jurisdiction to file a complaint.

Since AB1482 does not list ANY penalties to landlords who issue an invalid notice/makes false claims like, a false claim to exemption of TPAjust cause/rent cap, and since there isn’t a government dept argument/agency on the federal, state, county, or city level to file a complaint: AB1482 laws will ONLY protect tenants who are able and willing to pay for that protection since the only way AB1482 can be enforced is in California state/civil court.

I am Gen Z. Generations ahead of mine priced me out of homeownership, potential parenthood, a 4 year college education, and now my California tenant rights. This is a intentional loophole for landlords and a cute idea in theory but in my case, AB1482 isn’t real unless I as a tenant can pay for it to be real by hiring an attorney to bring it to civil court because the penalties the landlord would owe for such an act is beyond small claims court.

Correct?