For renters, this generally means rental payments and basic utilities such as electric, water, and heating. Collectively, these expenses should total no more than 30% of a renter's gross monthly income. Gross income is what someone earns before taxes and other deductions are taken out.
Annual General Adjustment announced, effective September 1, 2024. Pursuant to Alameda Municipal Code Section 6-58.60(B), the Annual General Adjustment for September 1, 2024, through August 31, 2025, is 2.7%. The Annual General Adjustment is a cap on the allowed amount of annual rent increase.
Alameda's City Rent Control Ordinance regulates how much a tenant's rent can be raised annually, protects tenants from eviction unless there is a just-cause reason to do so under the law, provides relocation to tenants, regulates buyout agreements, and prohibits landlord retaliation against tenants.
What to include in an apartment lease agreement. Tenant information. Include each tenant's full name and contact information. Rental property description. List the apartment's location, all common areas, parking spaces, and included facilities. Security deposit. Monthly rent amount. Utilities. Lease term. Policies. Late fees.
Section 6-58.55 of the Alameda Municipal Code requires that landlords provide an initial registration statement for each rental unit, including landlords of units that are subsidized through the Housing Choice Voucher (Section 8) program.
Within the city of Alameda, short-term rentals are legal but hosts must register with the city and collect a 14% transient occupancy tax. There are a few licensed Airbnb listings operating in compliance with city rules.
Ask the landlord what companies they're contracted with for utilities, ie do they use the city or a private company, what internet companies have lines to the building, ect. The easiest and cheapest thing to do is to ask them what's already hooked up and just use that.
All units in California are covered by the rent-ceiling limitations of State of California rent control except: Affordable housing units, BMR units, project-based subsidized housing and Section 8 voucher units. Dorms constructed and maintained by a university and occupied by enrolled students.