A new Democratic rent relief plan could give Californians 10 years to make up payments. A new Democratic rent relief plan could give Californians 10 years to make up payments. The proposal is taking ...

Some of the major cities in California saw rental prices plunge amid declining demand as the areas saw population losses, according to the rental online platform Zumper. Oakland saw rent plunge more ...

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SACRAMENTO, Calif. — An effort to expand rent control in California died Thursday in a legislative committee after four hours of testimony as hundreds of landlords and renters raucously chanted from ...

California voters last week trounced a proposal to lift statewide restrictions on local rent control, signaling to other left-leaning states that similar caps on skyrocketing rents might be an uphill ...

California is home to some of the country’s most rent-burdened individuals and families. Renters make up about 44 percent of households in the state. The average renter spends over half their income ...

A pedestrian walks by an ad for a rental home on the UC Berkeley campus on March 14, 2022, in Berkeley, California. California voters this month trounced a proposal to lift statewide restrictions on ...

SAN FRANCISCO -- The California Senate passed a bill Monday that would let people stay in their homes who haven't paid their rent because of the coronavirus, sending it to the state Assembly as ...

The pandemic has been crushing for low-income tenants in California — and has caused financial strain on property owners who haven’t been able to collect rent and have their own bills to pay. Local ...

We don’t spend enough time discussing the financial burden renters face, such as housing expenses eating up more than half of the incomes of roughly 1-in-4 California tenants. My trusty spreadsheet ...