{"id":255,"date":"2026-02-03T18:51:05","date_gmt":"2026-02-03T18:51:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/future.tenantstogether.org\/?post_type=city&p=255"},"modified":"2026-04-02T19:53:46","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T19:53:46","slug":"berkeley","status":"publish","type":"city","link":"https:\/\/tenantstogether.org\/es\/city\/berkeley\/","title":{"rendered":"Berkeley"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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City of Berkeley<\/h1><\/div>\n\n\n\n

The following is a brief overview of the tenant protections available in this city. For more details please refer to the ordinance itself and any other resourced linked below.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Overview<\/h2><\/div>\n\n\n\n

What tenant protections does the city have?<\/h3><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Rent Control
Just Cause for Evictions
Right to Organize<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Who enforces the tenant protections?<\/h3><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Rent Board
Phone: TEL: (510) 981-7368; TDD: (510) 981-6903; FAX: (510) 809-3921
Email: rent@berkeleyca.gov
Address: 2000 Center Street, Suite 400, Berkeley, CA 94704<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When were these protections adopted and most recently updated?<\/h3><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Adopted: 1980<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Updated: 2024<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Rent Stabilization<\/h2><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Exemptions<\/h3><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Single-family homes whose tenants moved in on or after 1\/1\/1996, and Single-family homes with less than 5 rooms rented out individually with separate leases; Anything built after 6\/30\/1980; Units where the tenant shares a kitchen or bath with a landlord; Non-profit cooperatives; Tenancies started after November 7, 2018, on properties where one unit is an ADU and either unit is owner-occupied.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How much can rent be increased and how often?<\/h3><\/div>\n\n\n\n

65% of CPI<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Is banking allowed?<\/h3><\/div>\n\n\n\n

No<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Are passthroughs or additional costs allowed (pets, utilities, parking, etc)?<\/h3><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Landlord can submit Individual Rent Adjustment petition, justified by \u00abhistorically low rent\u00bb, capital improvements, fair return, no vacancy since 1998.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Eviction Protections<\/h2><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Exemptions<\/h3><\/div>\n\n\n\n

-Rental units on a two-unit property where one unit was owner-occupied on December 31, 1979, and one unit is currently owner-occupied.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


-Legal accessory dwelling units (ADUs) where the landlord also occupies a unit on the same property as his\/her principal residence and where the tenancy began after November 7, 2018. This exemption only applies to properties that contain one single-family home and one ADU.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


-Rental units where the tenant shares kitchen or bath facilities with an owner of record who holds at least a 50 percent interest and maintains his or her principal residence there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


-Rental units owned by a government agency (except the Berkeley Housing Authority); units rented primarily to transient guests for less than 14 consecutive days; non-profit cooperative housing owned and controlled by the residents; rental units in a hospital, skilled nursing facility, home for the aged, and the like; units rented by certain institutions of higher learning to its faculty, staff, or students. (See B.M.C. section 13.76.050 or contact the Rent Board for more detail about these exemptions.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n


-Units rented by active fraternity or sorority members and owned by fraternities or sororities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Under what circumstances is the landlord obligated to pay relocation assistance to tenant?<\/h3><\/div>\n\n\n\n

All no fault just causes.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Resources<\/h2><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Berkeley Rent Stabilization Municipal Codes<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Berkeley Rent Stabilization Ordinance<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Guide to Berkeley’s Rent Stabilization Program<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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