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Housing Rights Center presenter outlines renters' rights in San Buenaventura, highlights new appliance and deposit laws
Summary
Margo of the Housing Rights Center presented at Ventura City Hall on renters' rights, explaining recent California laws that limit security deposits to one month for most units, require landlords to provide working stoves and refrigerators starting Jan. 1, 2026, and expand screening options for applicants using rental subsidies.
Margo, a presenter from the Housing Rights Center, offered a public primer on renters' rights at Ventura City Hall, focusing on how recent California laws affect screening, security deposits and habitability. She highlighted resources available to tenants and landlords, including a Ventura-specific hotline and in-person office hours at city hall.
Margo said the Housing Rights Center provides free, confidential housing counseling across Los Angeles and Ventura counties and encouraged attendees to use its local phone line, (805) 225-3622, email (info@housingrightcenter.org) or the center's office hours on Tuesdays and Thursdays at Ventura City Hall. She also described Projectplace, a free monthly newsletter of affordable rental listings for LA and Ventura counties, and a Projectplace toolkit available at the event.
She outlined key legal updates tenants and landlords should know. Citing a change she referred to as "AB12," Margo said that "after July 1, [2024], deposits are now limited…
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