Rent Ceiling Berkeley

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Rent ceiling berkeley. You can t be evicted just because the landlord doesn t like you. Payments not received or postmarked by the due date were assessed a 100 penalty. The 2016 annual general adjustment aga will be effective as of january 1 2016 but will not be reflected in my rent ceiling until january 4th.

The rent ceiling rent increases rent decreases. Every residential rental unit in berkeley that is covered by rent control has a lawful rent ceiling the rent ceiling is the maximum amount of rent that a landlord may charge for use or occupancy of the unit and any associated housing services included in the rent such as furnishings parking or laundry facilities. The berkeley rent stabilization board establishes a rent ceiling that can be raised yearly by an amount corresponding to inflation in the bay area called an annual general adjustment or aga.

Last updated april 7 2020 berkeley s rent stabilization board or rsb passed an emergency resolution friday allowing landlords and tenants to negotiate rent reductions during the local state of. For questions about your registration status please call our office. Annual registration fees of 250 per unit were due wednesday july 1 2020.

Under berkeley rent board resolution 20 14 owners whose late payments are due to financial impacts of covid 19 are eligible for a full waiver of registration penalties. A rent ceiling is the maximum rent a landlord can charge the tenants for a certain unit. Check your rental unit s reported current rent ceiling registration status and basic tenancy information and report inaccuracies to rent board staff.

510 981 7368 510 981 city 2489 or 311 from any landline in berkeley tty. Your rent is controlled and your rent ceiling can only be raised by an annual general adjustment aga. The landlord must have 1 of the 11 good causes to evict as enumerated in the rent ordinance in order to lawfully terminate your tenancy.

Rent stabilization board 2125 milvia street berkeley ca 94704 questions or comments. It also lists the number of bedrooms the number of occupants and the housing services included in the rent ceiling if that information is available. Each year the berkeley rent board passes an annual general adjustment aga which allows landlords to raise the rents for all rental units covered by the berkeley rent ordinance for which the landlord did not establish an initial rent during the prior calendar year.