New laws

Took effect: Baldwin Park Rent Stabilization Ordinance

Max 3.7% since Aug 1, 2026.

Took effect: Los Angeles RSO/JCO no-fault eviction relocation assistance

If not your fault, usually $11,000–$27,400.

Took effect: NJ residential rental application fee cap ($50)

Max $50 per application.

Took effect: Santa Ana ban on algorithmic rent-setting software

Not with rivals' private data; that's banned.

Took effect: SF Rent Ordinance annual allowable rent increase

Yes, but only 1.6% until Feb 2027.

Took effect: SF relocation payments for no-fault evictions (owner move-in, demolition, capital improvement, rehabilitation)

Owner move-in or demolition: $8,245 per tenant.

Took effect: SF security deposit interest rate

Yes, you earn 4.2% interest until Feb 2027.

Took effect: Los Angeles Rent Stabilization Ordinance (RSO) – allowable rent increases

Yes, once a year, by a % the city sets each year.

Took effect: Pomona Rent Stabilization (Ordinance 4359) – 5% annual cap

Max 5% once every 12 months.

Took effect: Pomona Eviction Controls and Relocation Assistance (Ordinance 4359)

Yes, only for a good reason.

Took effect: California application screening fee cap and rules

About $69 per applicant in 2026, max.

Took effect: AB 325 / SB 763 – Common pricing algorithm prohibition (Cartwright Act)

Not as part of price-fixing between landlords.

Took effect: Prohibition on coordinated pricing algorithms to set rents (BMC ch. 13.63)

Not with rivals' private data; that's banned.

Took effect: Limits on upfront payments at tenancy start (no landlord application fee)

No application fee allowed.

Took effect: Broker fees payable only by the party who engaged the broker

Broker fees only from whoever hired the broker.

Took effect: Massachusetts security deposit law

Max 1 month's rent.

Took effect: Hoboken ban on algorithmic rent coordination

No. Software that coordinates rents is banned.

Took effect: Santa Monica algorithmic rental pricing software ban

Not if it uses competitor data.

Took effect: Prohibition of Anti-Competitive Automated Rent Price-Fixing

Not with rivals' private data; that's banned.

Took effect: Jersey City ban on algorithmic rent coordination services

No. Software that coordinates rents is banned.

Took effect: Concord Residential Tenant Protection Program – Rent Stabilization

Max 5% every 12 months.

Took effect: Washington statewide rent increase limit (RCW 59.18.700-.720)

Max 9.683% in 2026, 10% in 2027.

Took effect: Los Angeles Resident Protections Ordinance (RPO) – demolition for new construction

Lower-income and torn down: relocation pay.

Took effect: Salinas Rent Stabilization Ordinance

Max 2.75%, or less if inflation is lower.

Took effect: Salinas Just Cause Eviction and Tenant Protection Ordinance

Yes, only for a valid reason.

Took effect: Huntington Park Rent Stabilization Ordinance – annual rent cap

Max 3% a year, or inflation if lower.

Took effect: Huntington Park just-cause eviction, relocation assistance and buyout notices

Yes, only for listed reasons.

Took effect: Huntington Park security deposit limits (restating state law)

Max 1 month's rent.

Took effect: Berkeley Rent Stabilization Ordinance - Annual General Adjustment (max 5%)

Yes, but yearly raises are capped at 5% (Measure BB).

Took effect: Berkeley Rent Stabilization and Good Cause (Just Cause) for Eviction Ordinance

Only for a good reason.

Took effect: SF ban on algorithmic rent-setting devices

Not with rivals' private data; that's banned.

Took effect: Antioch Tenant Eviction Protections (Just Cause) Ordinance

Only for a listed good reason.

Took effect: California security deposit cap and handling (AB 12)

Max 1 month's rent.

Took effect: Concord Relocation Assistance for No-Fault Termination; Moving Stipend

Yes, if you must leave through no fault of yours.

Took effect: Concord Residential Tenant Protection Program – Just Cause for Eviction

Yes, only for a listed reason.

Took effect: California Tenant Protection Act rent cap

Yes, but max 5% plus inflation (never over 10%).

Took effect: California Tenant Protection Act – Just Cause Eviction

After a year, only for a good reason.

Took effect: Larkspur Rent Stabilization Ordinance

Rent increases are limited here: max 7%.

Took effect: Maywood Tenant Protection Ordinance 23-11

Yes, after 12 months in the home.

Took effect: Antioch Tenant Anti-Harassment Ordinance (Municipal Code ch. 11-5)

No. Harassing you to make you leave is banned.

Took effect: Antioch Retaliation Prohibited (Municipal Code ch. 11-4)

No. Payback evictions are banned.

Took effect: Maywood Rent Stabilization Ordinance 23-07

Max 3.7% for 2026-27, once a year.

Took effect: Maywood Rent Stabilization Ordinance security deposit limit

It can't go up after you move in.

Took effect: Cudahy Tenant Protections Ordinance (Just Cause Eviction)

Yes, after 12 months in the home.

Took effect: San Diego Residential Tenant Protections (Tenants' Right to Know): just cause, relocation assistance, buyouts

Only for a good reason.

Took effect: Ojai Rent Stabilization (Ordinance No. 937)

Max 4% per year.

Took effect: Cudahy Rent Stabilization Ordinance – permitted rent increases

Max 3% a year, until Jun 2027.

Took effect: Cudahy Rent Stabilization Ordinance – security deposit limit

It can't go up after move-in.

Took effect: Elizabeth Rent Control and Stabilization

Max 3% a year.

Took effect: Santa Monica Rent Control Charter Amendment: maximum allowable rents and annual general adjustment

Max 3% a year.

Took effect: Antioch Rent Stabilization Ordinance (RSO)

Max 3%, or less if inflation is low.

Took effect: Oakland Rent Adjustment Ordinance

Max 2.3% since Aug 1, 2026.

Took effect: New Jersey Fair Chance in Housing Act

They can't ask about your record before an offer.