The figure comes from California’s Tenant Protection Act schedule, not from a separate 8.2% rent-control ordinance adopted by the City of San Diego. San Diego Housing Commission guidance lists the 8.2% limit for covered units, while the California attorney general’s chart gives the same maximum for San Diego County.

How the 8.2% figure is calculated

The statewide formula allows a rent increase of 5% plus the applicable local cost-of-living measure, subject to a maximum of 10%. For increases beginning during the current San Diego schedule, the local measure is 3.2%, producing an 8.2% maximum.

The limit applies to the total rent increase during a 12-month period. A landlord may not avoid that limit by dividing increases into separate notices. SDHC guidance says increases may occur up to two times in a 12-month period as long as the combined increases remain within the applicable cap.

Which units are covered

The Tenant Protection Act generally covers most California rental housing that is more than 15 years old. The attorney general’s guidance says the statewide caps can include qualifying apartments, certain single-family homes and condominiums owned by corporations, mobilehomes rented from park management, and housing rented by Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher recipients.

Coverage is not automatic for every rental. Statutory exemptions can depend on the property’s age, ownership, housing type, tenancy circumstances and whether required exemption notices were provided. Some single-family homes, condominiums and newer properties may be exempt, so the unit’s status must be checked before an increase is calculated.

The cap also does not set the initial rent for a new tenant after a previous tenancy ends. Landlords and tenants should instead review the rent charged and any increases during the immediately preceding 12 months.

Written notice matters

For a covered increase, the landlord generally must give the tenant at least 60 days’ written notice before the new rent takes effect. The effective date, the date the notice was delivered and any earlier increase during the same 12-month period all matter.

SDHC guidance says a different notice rule applies to some exempt units. If an exempt-unit increase exceeds 10% of the lowest rent charged during the previous 12 months, at least 90 days’ written notice is required, along with the required tenant notices.

Section 8 units have an additional SDHC process

Landlords participating in the San Diego Housing Commission’s Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher program must take an additional administrative step. Rent-change requests must be submitted to SDHC at least 60 days before the proposed effective date, and the landlord must provide the tenant with the notice required by law.

SDHC evaluates whether the requested rent is reasonable by comparing it with comparable unassisted units, including other units at the property and similar rentals in the surrounding market. The review can consider location, unit size and type, age, quality, amenities, utilities, maintenance and other housing services.

For existing voucher tenants, SDHC says the approved rent may not exceed the rent charged for comparable units occupied by tenants who do not receive rental assistance. A request is not effective merely because the landlord submits it; the rent must follow SDHC’s review and approval process. If approved, SDHC says the change generally becomes effective on the first day of the month after a full 60-day notice, or later when required.

What renters and landlords should check now

A San Diego renter who receives a rent-increase notice for an effective date on or after Aug. 1, 2026, should:

• Check whether the unit is covered or exempt.
• Compare the proposed increase with the applicable 8.2% maximum.
• Review the rent charged and increases imposed during the previous 12 months.
• Confirm that the written notice was delivered far enough in advance.
• Ask whether a housing program, local rule or exemption creates a different requirement.

Landlords should determine the unit’s coverage status, document the lowest rent charged during the prior 12 months and use the correct notice period. Section 8 landlords working through SDHC must also submit requests in advance and obtain a rent-reasonableness determination.

The 8.2% figure is a statewide Tenant Protection Act limit listed for San Diego County for this annual schedule. It is not a universal cap on every San Diego rental, and the attorney general says its chart is informational rather than legal advice. Tenants or owners with a dispute should review the applicable law and contact the relevant agency or a qualified legal-aid provider.

Sources

• California Attorney General: Limits on Rent Increases
• San Diego Housing Commission: Rent Change Application Form
• San Diego Housing Commission: Establishing Rents

The current list names The Colonnade Group, Boomers Investment Group LLC, Hudson Valley Property Group and FHTDD, LP. The city says the list reflects a rolling 12-month snapshot of service and enforcement activity and may include current, unresolved or pending matters.

What Newark’s list shows

The Colonnade Group is listed with Colonnade Apartments at 23-59 Clifton Ave. The city reports 401 service responses, 70 active conditions, 72 violations, six court cases, 44 heat or hot-water complaints, one open heat or hot-water issue, a severity score of 779 and a status of active litigation.

Boomers Investment Group LLC is tied to five listed addresses on Chancellor Avenue, Roseville Avenue and Park Avenue: 87-101 Chancellor Ave., 103-123 Chancellor Ave., 196-204 Roseville Ave., 214-220 Roseville Ave. and 330-332 Park Ave. Newark reports 238 service responses, 17 active conditions, 77 violations, 81 court cases, 72 heat or hot-water complaints, no open heat or hot-water issues, a severity score of 767 and a status of active litigation.

Hudson Valley Property Group is associated with Villa Victoria, Lincoln Towers and Pilgrim Village at 2-54 Cutler St., 151-161 Court St. and 291-319 18th Ave. The list shows 238 service responses, one active condition, 118 violations, no court cases, 19 heat or hot-water complaints, no open heat or hot-water issues, a severity score of 477 and a status of active non-compliance.

FHTDD, LP is listed at 509-519 Mt. Prospect Ave. and 543-563 Mt. Prospect Ave. Newark reports 210 service responses, 12 active conditions, 55 violations, seven court cases, 34 heat or hot-water complaints, no open heat or hot-water issues, a severity score of 384 and a status of active litigation.

The city defines service activity as responses that can include service calls, inspections and enforcement-related actions. Active conditions are open issues across the listed categories. The severity score is a weighted measure based on the frequency, seriousness and persistence of conditions, with greater weight given to unresolved and hazardous conditions.

How owners qualify for inclusion

Executive Order MEO-26-0001 establishes a repeated-pattern standard. Newark says inclusion is not triggered by an isolated or minor violation. The city’s public criteria include multiple violations, repeated failure to correct violations after notice, failed re-inspections, unresolved conditions, repeated city responses to the same property, refusal to allow lawful inspections and serious health or safety risks.

The order provides more specific threshold examples. They include three or more violations at one property within 12 months, five or more violations across multiple properties under the same ownership or control, two or more failed re-inspections, two or more violations remaining outstanding beyond correction deadlines, or three or more city responses to the same property within 12 months for owner-responsibility conditions. A single incident may qualify when it creates an immediate and substantial risk to life, health or safety or requires emergency city intervention.

The order also allows Newark to evaluate patterns across multiple properties when the same controlling owner or individual is involved. It defines a controlling owner or individual to include someone with at least a 10% direct or indirect ownership or controlling interest.

More than a public list

The executive order gives the list practical administrative consequences. Newark departments are directed to use it to guide inspections, enforcement actions, reviews and discretionary decisions. The city may review existing tax exemptions, abatements, credits, grants and other discretionary financial benefits connected to listed owners.

That authorization does not mean Newark has automatically revoked or suspended every listed owner’s benefits. The order says incentives may be reassessed, modified, suspended or revoked where permitted by law and based on the findings reflected in the list.

Listed owners must also complete rental-property registrations in person for the duration of their inclusion. The requirement applies to new registrations, renewals and required updates, and the order says it may not be delegated to a property manager, attorney or other designee.

Inclusion lasts 365 days from the date the list is published under the executive order. The order says removal before that period is not permitted, while the city’s webpage warns that the underlying data may be updated or corrected and that the methodology or inclusion criteria may be revised.

A separate lawsuit illustrates the enforcement approach

On July 20, Newark announced a five-count complaint against NJ Best Management LLC and 380 South 6th Street LLC involving the property at 380 South 6th Street. In a statement published by Insider NJ, Mayor Ras Baraka said the complaint alleges housing, health, safety, rent-control and illegal-rent-increase violations.

The mayor’s statement also alleges that the owners repeatedly failed to accept the city’s proposed coordinated inspections and corrective-action plan and imposed illegal rent increases, in some cases exceeding 5%. Those claims remain allegations in litigation, not established court findings.

The available materials do not establish that NJ Best Management LLC or 380 South 6th Street LLC appears among the four entities on Newark’s currently published list. The lawsuit therefore illustrates a separate legal enforcement path rather than proving that the defendants are listed.

What tenants should do

Newark renters with housing, heat or hot-water concerns can contact the Division of Code Enforcement at 973-733-3813 or the city’s non-emergency call center at 973-733-4311. Tenants should keep copies of maintenance requests, photographs, inspection notices, dates of missed repairs and complaint numbers.

The landlord list can help residents see the ownership entities and properties that Newark currently identifies as showing documented patterns of non-compliance. But the city says the list is an administrative tool, may include unresolved or pending matters and does not create a private right of action. It does not decide every tenant’s legal claim or replace court, agency or legal-aid processes.

The next developments to watch are updates to the list, any city action on incentive reviews, additional inspections or lawsuits and court rulings in pending cases. For Newark residents, the list is most useful as an accountability and reporting tool—one that shows where the city says problems have persisted without treating every listed matter as a final legal determination.

Sources

• City of Newark Non-Compliant Landlord List
• Mayor Ras J. Baraka Statement on Newark Lawsuit Against Bad Landlords

The Forbidding the Algorithmic Inflation of Rent, or FAIR, Act is scheduled to take effect on July 1, 2027. Until then, Newark renters should not expect the law by itself to reduce rents, change lease terms, cancel existing leases or create a city-specific rent ceiling.

What the FAIR Act prohibits

The law focuses on software and other conduct that use private rental-market information from multiple property owners to coordinate pricing. Under the statute, prohibited systems can include algorithmic devices that process nonpublic, competitively sensitive information to set or recommend rents, material lease terms or occupancy levels.

The law also prohibits conduct that facilitates parallel pricing coordination among rental property owners. That means the statute is aimed at coordinated use of private market data, not at every computerized tool a landlord might use.

The law applies across New Jersey, including rental property owners, property managers and software providers involved in rental pricing in Newark. Its statewide reach means compliance decisions by landlords and vendors may affect rental practices in the city even though Newark did not adopt a separate local ban.

Why the signing date and effective date differ

Gov. Sherrill signed the measure on July 20, 2026, but the statute sets a later effective date. The law takes effect on the first day of the twelfth month following enactment, which places the scheduled effective date on July 1, 2027.

That gap gives state officials, landlords and software providers time to interpret the definitions, review contracts and adjust pricing systems. It also means renters should distinguish between conduct covered once the law takes effect and ordinary rent-setting practices that are not automatically prohibited today.

What the law does not cover

The statute does not ban all algorithms, software or landlord recordkeeping. It excludes certain ordinary spreadsheets, free public rent estimates and qualifying real-estate brokerage databases that do not perform the prohibited coordinating functions. Government affordability controls are also excluded.

In practical terms, a landlord using software does not automatically violate the law. The key questions will involve what information the system processes, whether that information is nonpublic and competitively sensitive, and whether the tool sets, recommends or coordinates rental prices or related terms among multiple owners.

How complaints may work

The law requires the New Jersey Attorney General to establish or maintain an official location for complaints about suspected violations. The statute creates that complaint requirement, but the materials reviewed do not yet provide the final portal, submission process or detailed enforcement guidance.

Before July 2027, Newark renters and landlords should watch for state guidance explaining how complaints will be handled and what documentation may be useful. Property owners and software vendors will also need to determine whether their agreements and pricing practices fit within the law’s definitions and exclusions.

For now, the FAIR Act changes New Jersey’s legal framework for algorithmic rent coordination. It does not establish Newark rent control or guarantee lower housing costs. Its immediate effect is mainly preparatory: the state has enacted the rules, while practical compliance and enforcement details are still to come.

Sources

• New Jersey Governor's Office FAIR Act signing announcement
• New Jersey Legislature A3497 First Reprint
• News 12 New Jersey FAIR Act report

This 3% is an annual allowable adjustment for the covered window. It is not the same thing as an across-the-board monthly rent reset for every apartment in Los Angeles.

Effective dates that matter: July 1, 2026–June 30, 2027

LAHD’s guidance states that the calculated annual increase percentage for RSO-covered units effective July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2027 is 3%. The city also explains that the annual adjustment is applied once each year and is not cumulative or retroactive.

Are you covered? Check your unit’s RSO status first

Not every rental unit in Los Angeles is necessarily subject to the RSO. LAHD directs residents to verify RSO coverage using the City’s property information tool (ZIMAS): enter your address, then click the Housing tab to see the RSO status.

If you’re unsure whether your building is RSO-covered, verify before acting on a rent increase notice.

What written notice landlords must provide for the RSO increase

LAHD’s published bulletin says landlords are required to serve tenants with:

• 30-day written notice for rent increases that are less than 10% of the tenant’s rent, or
• 90-day written notice for rent increases that are over 10% of the tenant’s rent within a 12-month period.

What tenants and landlords should do now

• Tenants: confirm whether your unit is RSO-covered using ZIMAS before you respond to a rent increase notice.
• Landlords: make sure the rent increase you’re applying falls within the correct annual RSO framework and that the required notice timing is met.
• Everyone: double-check the effective period (July 1, 2026–June 30, 2027) against LAHD’s official materials.

Where to verify the rule for your address

For resident-facing guidance and the official allowable-increase bulletin, start with LAHD’s Renter Protections page and the Allowable Rent Increase Bulletin. LAHD’s materials also reference the City’s ordinance updates to the RSO annual rent adjustment framework (Ordinance 188911).

Sources

• LAHD Renter Protections: RSO Annual Rent Increase
• City Clerk: Ordinance 188911

The filing costs $45 total: $25 to the borough and $20 for the state program. The borough says owners may use any DCA-certified company, but if a report is not provided within 30 days, the borough can use its designated contractor and bill the landlord.

How the state timing works

New Jersey says covered rental dwellings are inspected every three years or at tenant turnover, whichever comes first, unless the owner already has a valid lead-safe certificate. Those certificates last two years.

Haddon Heights is listed as a visual-inspection municipality in the state methodology, so the local process follows that approach instead of dust-wipe sampling. For landlords, the practical takeaway is simple: keep the paperwork updated before turnover, not after.

Sources

• Borough of Haddon Heights — Lead Paint Inspections page
• New Jersey DCA — Lead-Based Paint Inspections in Rental Dwelling Units

The timing matters because the city is not presenting the effort as a finished rollout. Instead, Greensboro appears to be building the program piece by piece: first by explaining the model, then by asking landlords and housing partners to participate, and at the same time by seeking outside organizations that can help carry out the work.

In the city’s description, Housing First Plus is aimed at helping people move into housing with support attached. That matters for residents because the success of that kind of program depends on whether the city can find enough property owners, managers, and service providers willing to participate. Without them, even a well-designed housing plan can struggle to place people quickly.

Greensboro also posted a separate housing assistance request for proposals on April 21. The notice says the city is looking for organizations that can provide rapid rehousing, rental assistance, short-term assistance, and permanent housing placement services.

That RFP is an important sign that the city is moving from concept and outreach into procurement. But it is still only a solicitation. It does not mean the work has been awarded, and it does not prove the city already has a full provider network in place.

For landlords, the initiative could create a new city-connected pathway to rent units to tenants who need extra support. For the city, it could broaden the number of apartments and homes available to people who need help moving out of homelessness. For residents, it is a reminder that local housing policy is not just about new construction. It is also about finding ways to use existing housing stock more effectively.

The city’s earlier Housing First Plus materials describe the effort as part of Greensboro’s broader response to homelessness. If the April 27 meeting leads to stronger landlord participation and the RFP produces usable partner proposals, the next question will be how much placement capacity the city can actually build.

That is the practical measure to watch: not whether the initiative has been announced, but whether Greensboro can line up the people, properties, and service providers needed to make it work.

The city’s existing Doorway Project remains useful background here, but Housing First Plus should be understood as its own implementation effort unless Greensboro says otherwise. The near-term signals to watch are proposal awards, the list of participating partners, and any city announcement that spells out start dates or capacity targets.

Sources

• Greensboro city news release on Housing First Plus
• Greensboro housing assistance RFP
• Greensboro city home page
• WUNC report on Greensboro landlord meeting
• WFDD report on Greensboro landlord meeting
• Greensboro Doorway Project page

Greensboro’s Housing First Plus effort is moving into the part that usually determines whether a program works: getting landlords and service providers to participate.

The city says the initiative is designed to connect people experiencing homelessness with permanent housing first, then wrap support services around them. That is a different approach from relying mainly on short-term shelter or crisis response. It is also a harder one to scale, because it depends on rental units, case management, and enough funding to keep people stably housed.

Two dates now matter for that rollout. The city is holding a landlord meeting on April 27, and a funding workshop on April 28. Together, those meetings show Greensboro is not just talking about Housing First Plus — it is trying to line up the housing and provider capacity needed to make it work.

What Housing First Plus is meant to do

In plain language, Housing First Plus is Greensboro’s attempt to move more unhoused residents into permanent housing with added support instead of treating shelter as the end point. The city’s announcement says the program is aimed at people who need more than a roof over their heads, including residents with complex barriers to housing stability.

The city’s Homeless Services framework places that work inside the Community Safety Department, which handles crisis response and related case management. That matters because it shows the initiative is part of a broader local system, not an isolated pilot.

Greensboro is also simultaneously seeking providers through a homelessness assistance request for proposals. That suggests the city needs more than one ingredient at once: housing units, services, and a funding structure that can support both.

Why landlords are central to the plan

The landlord meeting is important because apartments and rental homes are the bottleneck in any housing-first model. Even when funding is available, a program cannot move people into permanent housing without owners willing to lease to them.

WFDD reported that the April 27 meeting is meant to recruit landlords and explain the program’s incentives and goals. The city has said the effort is designed to make participation more workable for property owners, though the exact mix of support can change as rollout details are finalized.

For landlords, the practical question is whether the program reduces risk enough to make participation worthwhile. For residents, the bigger question is whether Greensboro can secure enough units to translate policy into actual housing placements.

Why the funding workshop matters too

The April 28 funding workshop is the second piece of the rollout. If the landlord meeting is about finding housing, the funding workshop is about finding the people and organizations that can provide rehousing and housing assistance once someone is placed.

The city’s request for proposals shows Greensboro is looking for providers that can help with rehousing support and related services. That points to a system that still needs staffing, coordination, and ongoing dollars before it can reach full scale.

That is why the workshop matters beyond city hall. If fewer providers bid, or if the funding structure is too thin, the program could struggle to deliver the follow-through that Housing First models require.

What residents should watch next

Greensboro has now moved from announcing Housing First Plus to building the parts it needs to function. The near-term signs to watch are straightforward: how many landlords show up, whether the city can line up enough providers, and whether the funding structure can support more permanent placements over time.

For residents, the rollout is a live test of whether Greensboro can shift from managing homelessness in crisis mode to creating a housing pipeline that actually holds people in stable homes.

Sources

• City of Greensboro Housing First Plus announcement
• WFDD report on Greensboro landlord meeting
• City of Greensboro homelessness assistance RFP
• Greensboro Homeless Services page
• Greensboro Community Safety Department overview
• Greensboro City calendar