Workshops

The Rent Program regularly provides workshops with comprehensive information on rent regulations in the City of Alameda. Each session includes a presentation on landlord and tenant rights and responsibilities under the Rent Ordinance, followed by an opportunity for participants to ask questions.

 

See below for a schedule of upcoming workshops and links to register.

 

Recorded Workshop

Click to view videos of previous workshop presentations.

Program Overview (English)

Presented January 27, 2025

Topics covered:

  • 0:00 - Welcome and Introduction
  • 1:07 - Background and General Information
  • 4:42 - Registration Requirements
  • 11:05 - Rent Increase Regulations
  • 30:20 - Termination of Tenancy Procedures
  • 43:02 - Buyout Agreements
  • 45:00 - Temporary Relocation Payments
  • 50:07 - Additional Information (including temporary tenancies, new tenancy requirements, retaliation protections, responsibilities when buying or selling rental properties)

Program Overview (Mandarin - 官话)

Presented February 17, 2022

Topics covered:

  • 0:00 - Welcome and Introduction
  • 2:27 - Background and General Information
  • 14:01 - Registration Requirements
  • 19:24 - Rent Increase Regulations
  • 33:52 - Termination of Tenancy Procedures
  • 51:19 - Temporary Relocation Payments
  • 55:08 - Buyout Agreements
  • 56:35 - Additional Information (including temporary tenancies, new tenancy requirements, retaliation protections, responsibilities when buying or selling rental properties)

End of Declaration of Local Emergency and Implementing "Banked" Rent Increases (English)

Presented Dec. 14, 2022

Topics Covered:

  • 0:00 - Welcome and introduction
  • 2:59 - Timeline of additional local renter protections adopted in response to the COVID-19 pandemic
  • 10:00 - Termination of the Declaration of Local Emergency and expiration of protections
  • 12:20 - Procedures for "no fault" terminations of tenancy (e.g. Owner Move-In)
  • 18:41 - Overview of rent control and Annual General Adjustment
  • 21:14 - Restrictions on implementing "banked" rent increases
  • 24:03 - Examples of "banked" rent increases
  • 30:40 - Instructions for filing a "banked" rent increase
  • 31:41 - Allowable rent increases by date
  • 32:57 - Staff review of invalid rent increases

Fair Housing Seminar

Please visit this link to view the 2025 Fair Housing Workshop - Presented April 17, 2025

Please visit this link to view the 2024 Fair Housing Workshop - Presented April 18, 2024

2023 Fair Housing Workshop - Presented April 10, 2023

  

Topics covered:

  • 00:01:50 - OPENING REMARKS, Yibin Shen, Alameda City Attorney
  • 00:09:40 - CITY ATTORNEY’S MEDIATION PROGRAM, Rico Fenix, Alameda City Attorney’s Office, Paralegal/Housing Specialist
  • 00:23:00 - FAIR HOUSING OVERVIEW, Nathaniel R. Hill, HUD Program Compliance Branch Chief
  • 00:43:40 - DISABILITY RIGHTS OVERVIEW, Gary Rhoades, Santa Monica Deputy City Attorney
  • 01:21:35 - END OF COVID-19 EMERGENCY PROTECTIONS & CURRENT LAWS, Leah Simon-Weisberg, Alliance of Californians for Community Empowerment, Legal Director; Ryan Halpern, Alameda Rent Program, Management Analyst
  • 01:41:20 - RELOCATION LAWS, Clara Shan, Alameda Rent Program, Housing Specialist; Adam Radinsky, Special Counsel, Alameda City Attorney’s Office
  • 01:59:50 - RENT PROGRAM & SERVICES, Bill Chapin, Alameda Rent Program Director
  • 02:13:20 - PANEL Q & A
            

 

Upcoming Workshops

Workshops are offered twice monthly on Thursdays, including both in-person and online presentations. Click on the date below to register for an upcoming workshop.

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