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If a lot of landlords start exploiting that loophole, I wouldn't be surprised if the law were revised to be based on the average rent over a year, or something
by leereeves 6y ago
If a lot of landlords start exploiting that loophole, I wouldn't be surprised if the law were revised to be based on the average rent over a year, or something similar.
- wtvanhest 6y agoThat really would be the best legislation. A simple calc of the rent of the first 12 months of the lease becomes the base rent.
- GhostVII 6y agoI think the only effect of that would be to prevent landlords from giving free months of rent - better to lose a tenant than permanently have lower rents which may not be sustainable.
- favorited 6y agoThey wouldn't have to change it, because that is factored in. The law states: "In determining the lowest gross rental amount pursuant to this section, any rent discounts, incentives, concessions, or credits offered by the owner of such unit of residential real property and accepted by the tenant shall be excluded." So if your rent is $3k/month, and the landlord gives you 3 months rent-free, your rent according to AB 1482 is still $3k.
- throwaway2048 6y agoThat doesn't mean the law cant change.
- JshWright 6y agoNo, but it means the law was expressly with to account for this circumstance, so it isn't a "loophole".
- londons_explore 6y agoThere are a million ways around that - for example, the landlord could employ the tenant to clean and tidy the property.
- OJFord 6y agoThe obvious fix would be to make it like tax evasion (illegal) vs. avoidance (rational behaviour with a morally questionable extreme) - viz. to a large degree the line is up for interpretation, coming down to the spirit of the law and the motivation behind what was done.
- fiter 6y agoThis is already the case in Berkeley.