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California voters will be asked to decide during the 2020 Presidential election whether to allow local governments to establish rent control on properties over 15 years old.

While rents are dipping in many cities throughout the Bay Area and the country, no place is seeing prices drop further or faster than San Francisco.

Small landlords say they need assistance from the government with rents no longer coming in. Randy Mac reported on NBC4 News at 11 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2020.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed a law that temporarily bans evictions for people who have not paid their rent because of the coronavirus

Rental Relief: California Tenants and Landlords Resources

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Demonstrators who gathered again Sunday outside the home of Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti called on the city to cancel rents for people finding it hard to make ends meet as the coronavirus pandemic ravages California’s economy.

The coronavirus pandemic is entering a new month, meaning Americans struggling amid the economic fallout once again have to worry about paying their rent

Bay Area rents continued to drop in June, according to rental listing site Zumper.

Randy Mac reports for the NBC4 News at 5 p.m. on Monday, June 29, 2020.

Sada Jones anxiously paces inside her apartment every time she catches a glimpse of her building’s maintenance workers through a damaged glass patio door half boarded up with scrap wood that she says her landlord refuses to repair. Jones, 23, a hotel cook, has been unable to make rent payments on her New Orleans-area apartment since being furloughed on March…

The coronavirus pandemic has shut housing courts and prompted most states and federal authorities to initiate policies protecting renters from eviction.

First it was price gouging with hand sanitizer and toilet paper. Now the issue is coming up with rental housing. Randy Mac reports for the NBC4 I-Team on Monday, June 8, 2020.

Renters in multiple Bay Area counties could be receiving an extended lifeline this week as those local governments consider extending moratoriums on evictions.

Californians unable to pay their rent because of the coronavirus crisis could have their payments covered by the state Legislature, Senate leaders announced Tuesday, part of a massive $25 billion aid package that looks to the future to pay for relief needed today.

Amid the coronavirus pandemic, renters in many states are protected by a temporary moratorium on evictions. However, the rules leave tenants across the country with a lot of unanswered questions. For example, can a landlord evict you as soon as the relief period ends? Will not paying rent trash your credit and make it close to impossible to get a…

Keeping a safe social distance in the time of Covid-19 is aimed at protecting us from getting sick, but it’s also creating a new opportunity for scammers who are now targeting people looking for a place to live. Comedian and actress Vickie Eisenstein has encountered this herself. Eisenstein loves her YouTube audience.  So in typical Hollywood style, when she...

The NBC4 I-team reviews tenant rights and rent procedures written during the COVID-19 pandemic. Los Angeles officials are pushing for a citywide rent forgiveness policy.Randy Mac reports for the NBC4 News at 5 p.m. on Friday, May 1 , 2020.

It’s the first of the month and rent or mortgage payments are due. But many San Diegans tell NBC 7 they will not be able to make May’s payment because they’ve lost their jobs due to the coronavirus.

An outreach program offering advice and resources to renters in Los Angeles’ 11th Council District who can’t pay their rent due to economic hardship from the COVID-19 pandemic has begun, Councilman Mike Bonin announced Friday. The Know Your Rights initiative began Thursday with a telephone town hall discussion focused on helping renters, Bonin said. Nearly 300 people from Bonin’s district...

In its ninth hour of meeting Wednesday, the Los Angeles City Council voted to have the City Attorney’s Office draft an ordinance that would halt rent increases for units protected by the city’s Rent Stabilization Ordinance for 360 days. Initially, motions were filed by Councilmen David Ryu, Mike Bonin and Marqueece Harris-Dawson that would have put a temporary stop...