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  • Image of the cover of the Rooted in Marin report
    Featured | Learn | Perspective | Policy | Tenant Protections

    Rooted in Marin: A Collaborative Effort Toward Anti-Displacement Policies

    ByCarmela Davis June 2, 2025June 2, 2025

    by Chris Logan, Partnership for Bay Future Fellow , County of Marin Community Development Agency Before we lose diversity, workers, and quality of life… we must act now. Rooted in Marin: Strategies for Anti-Displacement is a collaboration between the Cities, Towns, and County of Marin. Read or download the report here.   Low-income and rent-burdened households are at…

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  • 2024 Friendraiser at Homeward Bound. Tour of new Veteran's Housing. Includes Supervisor Stephanie Moulton-Peters, Homeward Bound co-CEOs Paul Fordham and Mary Kay Sweeney,
    Featured | Learn | Perspective | Policy | Prop 5 | Tenant Protections

    Election results and Friendraiser recap

    ByCarmela Davis November 25, 2024November 26, 2024

    THE ELECTION RESULTS MAKE FIXING OUR HOUSING CRISIS MORE DIFFICULT, BUT THAT WON’T STOP US. A word from Jenny Silva, MEHC’s Board Chair I, like many of my friends and family, am grappling with the implications of the election. The impact is extremely broad, but today, I’ll focus on the election’s impact on housing. This was a…

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    Featured | Learn | Perspective | Policy | Tenant Protections

    Tenant Protection Measures in Marin

    ByCarmela Davis September 7, 2024September 7, 2024

    Marin’s housing shortage continues to inflict severe hardships on families and local workers struggling to maintain their access to schools, jobs, and other important resources.  Behind statistics describing the long-standing housing crisis for Bay Area renters are their stories about painful damage inflicted by our regional shortage of affordable housing: Despite some signs the rental market…

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  • Updated Tenant Protections List
    Policy | Tenant Protections

    Updated Tenant Protections List

    ByCarmela Davis May 30, 2024May 30, 2024

    As more jurisdictions implement and update their tenant protections, this list will reflect those changes. MEHC supports tenant protections. Unincorporated Marin (Just Cause) San Rafael (Just Cause) Fairfax (Rent Stabilization and Just Cause) State Renter Protections (Rent Stabilization and Just Cause) Larkspur (Rent Stabilization and Just Cause)

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  • California State capitol
    BAHFA | Featured | Learn | Perspective | Policy | State Legislation | Tenant Protections

    California legislative wins: a review  

    ByCarmela Davis January 29, 2024February 16, 2024

    Happy New Year, fellow housing nerds and policy wonks!There is a lot to catch up on! The 2023 California legislative season ended in October with record-setting housing activity, November was for equal parts pats-on-the-back and wound-licking, and December was the time to rest and get ready to start the maddening but addictingly fun process all over…

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  • Allowable rent increases under CA state law
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    Tenant Protections & Jurisdictions’ Responses

    ByCarmela Davis June 14, 2023April 30, 2024

    What are Marin cities and towns, and the county, doing to prevent displacement?  As housing costs in Marin continue to soar despite national trends, tenant protections have become a hot topic. Fairfax, Larkspur, and unincorporated Marin County have implemented or are discussing tenant protections. Though many of the Marin Housing Elements contain provisions promising to implement protections, these provisions remain controversial. Anti-displacement…

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  • Policy | Tenant Protections

    State Eviction Moratorium

    Bykikilp February 23, 2021August 31, 2023

    On January 29, Governor Newsom signed legislation extending the State’s eviction moratorium through June 2021 and implementing a rental assistance program designed to help renters pay rent and property owners receive rental income.

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  • Policy | Tenant Protections

    Temporary Rent Freeze

    Bykikilp January 20, 2021August 31, 2023

    UPDATE San Rafael, Novato & County:  On January 19th, the City of San Rafael City Council adopted a temporary “rent freeze” ordinance for tenants residing in certain residential units through December 31, 2021. The temporary moratorium solely applies in two designated US Census Tracts, Tract Nos. 1122.01 (Canal Neighborhood) and 1122.02 (Southeast San Rafael and Canal neighborhood), which have been…

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  • Policy | Tenant Protections

    Eviction Moratorium Reinstituted at County

    Bykikilp January 20, 2021August 31, 2023

    The countywide moratorium on pandemic-related evictions expired in September, having been replaced by a statewide moratorium that provides relief through January 31, 2021 for tenants who submit a declaration form and pay at least 25% of their September–January rent. On January 12th, the Marin County Board of Supervisors re-instituted its local moratorium, which will remain effective…

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  • Policy | State Legislation | Tenant Protections

    Legal Assistance, SB 35, San Rafael Inclusionary, Sausalito GP

    Bykikilp October 22, 2020August 31, 2023

    LOCAL AFFORDABLE HOUSING NEWS Funding for Legal Assistance for Tenants: On September 15, the Marin County Board of supervisors voted to provide $400,000 for legal assistance to low-income tenants and mediation of landlord-tenant disputes. Most of this funding will go to Legal Aid of Marin to provide assistance to tenants, while another portion will provide…

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