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 Rent Ordinance no. 3250, 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 September 16, 2021

Topics covered:

  • 0:00 - Welcome and Introduction
  • 0:40 - Background and General Information
  • 9:21 - Registration Requirements
  • 14:40 - Rent Increase Regulations
  • 29:03 - Termination of Tenancy Procedures
  • 43:48 - Temporary Relocation Payments
  • 47:28 - Buyout Agreements
  • 48:40 - 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
      

 

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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