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California and federal prosecutors have accused software company RealPage of enriching itself ”at the expense of renters who pay inflated prices.”

The Yes and No on 33 campaigns have collectively spent more than $140 million. CalMatters fact checked some of the more pervasive claims made by both sides.

A new poll from the non-partisan Public Policy Institute of California shows California voters are almost evenly split on two housing-related measures appearing on the ballot this fall.

The lawsuit, joined by eight states and Washington D.C., alleges that RealPage’s software helps landlords keep rental prices high, even in a down market.

An additional $4 million will help the state relaunch the program to install energy-efficient heating and cooling devices in rental homes, but funds could run out quickly.

Tenants in many new privately owned, low-income units will be protected from double-digit increases. So will some in existing units, after a state committee on affordable housing imposed a rent cap.

HUD wants to see what happens when you give cash directly to renters, instead of traditional vouchers. At least one California housing authority is interested.

The state housing agency still can’t reliably say how many Oregonians were helped, the report found.

California lawmakers created a program with billions of dollars in federal relief money, hoping to stem a flood of evictions as state and local COVID-related emergency eviction bans came to an end. But a sizable, unlucky minority of applicants — tenants and landlords alike — have had to wait…and wait and wait.

Oregon landlords will be capped at raising rent 10% next year for market-rate housing 15 years or older.

Tenants complained about steep rent increases from a Silicon Valley landlord. Now, 20 of them will get a refund under a state rent control law.

Two years ago, Blackstone bought 66 relatively low-rent apartment buildings in San Diego County from a charitable foundation. Tenants of those 5,800 dwellings say they see rent increases, maintenance issues and evictions in their futures.