Posts Filed Under Rental Habitability

The Implied Warranty of Habitability ensures that landlords provide and maintain rental properties that are safe, sanitary, and livable, meeting basic health and safety standards. This legal principle protects tenants from living in substandard conditions and holds landlords accountable for necessary repairs and upkeep.

To promote and encourage adaptation to the government’s smokefree apartment policies, the AAGLA and UCLA Center for Health Policy Research have collaborated together to help renters and landlords. Since smoke drifts through windows, doors and air-vents it manages to affect everyone residing within an apartment building.

Updated 7/30/2024 One of the most dreaded problems a landlord can face is a bedbug infestation. These tiny pests can cause significant distress to tenants and lead to potential conflicts between tenants and landlords. The question often arises: are landlords responsible for bedbugs in rental properties? Let’s delve into this issue and understand the responsibilities ..Read More

Constructive eviction is every landlord’s biggest nightmare. It is a condition or situation where the landlord doesn’t decide to evict the tenant but rather the tenant chooses to leave the property as they deem it to be uninhabitable.

Landlords and property managers need to comply with reasonable and necessary safety regulations to protect their tenants. The safety requirements below ensure your residential rental property is up to par.

Updated 5/16/24 Under certain conditions, California Civil Code 1942 could allow a tenant to legally break their lease for what is considered uninhabitable living situations for a tenant. It is a landlord’s (legal) responsibility to provide a rental dwelling fit for humans to live in. The responsibility does not fall just on the landlord, however, ..Read More