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Assembly housing committee advances bill to lower rent cap, extend protections to single‑family rentals
Summary
The Assembly Housing and Community Development Committee voted to send AB 11 57 to the Assembly Judiciary Committee after testimony from renters, landlords and industry groups. The bill would lower the statewide annual rent‑increase cap, remove the single‑family exemption and eliminate the law’s sunset date.
At a hearing of the Assembly Housing and Community Development Committee, members voted to advance AB 11 57, known in the hearing as the Affordable Rent Act, sending the measure to the Assembly Judiciary Committee by a 7‑5 vote.
The bill would lower the current statewide annual rent‑increase cap to “CPI plus 2% or 5%, whichever is lower,” remove an existing exemption that excludes many single‑family home rentals from tenant protections and eliminate the law’s scheduled sunset date, according to the bill’s author and witnesses who testified in support.
The provisions aim to expand tenant protections to roughly 2 million households that live in single‑family rentals and to reduce year‑to‑year rent volatility, supporters said. “When we first moved into our home, our rent was $14.25 a month.…
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