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2022 LAWS
Heads up! Several rental housing industry laws have recently taken effect or will take effect in 2022 that directly impact rental property owners in Alameda and Contra Costa counties. AB 838 will prohibit local code enforcement agencies from placing restrictions or preconditions, such as mandating that the rent be paid in full, before responding to habitability complaints. On the emotional support animal front, AB 468 will require (among other stipulations) that a health care practitioner establish a client-provider relationship with an individual seeking documentation re22 NOVEMBER+DECEMBER 2021 / EBRHA.COM
lating to an individual’s need for an emotional support dog for at least 30 days prior to providing the documentation. SB 60, meanwhile, authorizes localities to impose increased penalties from $1,500 for a first-time violation up to $5,000 for multiple offenses when an individual violates a short-term rental ordinance. And finally, AB 491 will require that occupants of affordable housing units within mixed-income multifamily structures must have the same access to the common entrances, areas and amenities as the occupants of the market-rate housing units. The law will also prohibit isolating affordable housing units within the mixed-income multifamily structure.
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As 2021 wraps up, we reflect on some top stories in rental housing over this past year and highlight a few things in store for 2022.
