Dwelling units: persons at risk of homelessness.

Plain English Breakdown

The bill summary and digest do not provide details on how rent adjustment works beyond mentioning it can be done with written approval, but does not specify conditions or limits.

Dwelling Units for People at Risk of Homelessness

AB-311 allows tenants to let people who are at risk of becoming homeless live in their homes with the landlord's permission, and it also permits pets owned or cared for by these individuals to stay in the home.

What This Bill Does

• Allows a tenant to have someone at risk of homelessness move into their home if the landlord agrees.
• Defines people who are displaced from homes due to disasters as being at risk of homelessness.
• Permits pets owned or cared for by someone at risk of homelessness to live in the home with written permission from the landlord.

Who It Names or Affects

• Tenants who want to help people at risk of becoming homeless.
• Landlords who need to agree to these changes.
• People who are displaced from their homes due to disasters and are at risk of homelessness.

Terms To Know

person at risk of homelessness

Someone who might lose their home soon, including people displaced by a disaster.

Limits and Unknowns

• The bill only applies until January 1, 2031.
• It does not specify what happens if the landlord or tenant disagrees about letting someone at risk of homelessness live in the house.

Official Summary Text

AB 311, as introduced, McKinnor.
Dwelling units: persons at risk of homelessness.
Prior law, until January 1, 2024, authorized a tenant to temporarily permit the occupancy of their dwelling unit by a person who is at risk of homelessness, as defined, regardless of the terms of the lease or rental agreement, with the written approval of the owner or landlord of the property, and subject to extension under certain circumstances. Prior law further authorized an owner or landlord to adjust the rent payable under the lease during the time the person who is at risk of homelessness is occupying the dwelling unit, as compensation for the occupancy of that person, and required the terms regarding the rent payable in those circumstances to be agreed to in writing by the owner or landlord and the tenant.
This bill, until January 1, 2031, would reinstate the above-described provisions, and would include certain new provisions regarding
occupancy. The bill would additionally define “person at risk of homelessness” to include any person who is displaced from their residence as a result of a disaster in a disaster-stricken area in which a state of emergency has been proclaimed by the Governor. The bill, among other things, would permit a tenant, with written approval of the owner or landlord, to temporarily permit the occupancy of their dwelling unit by a person who is at risk of homelessness and one or more common household pets owned or otherwise maintained by the person. The bill would provide that if the lease or rental agreement authorizes the landlord to charge a separate or additional rent for the ownership or otherwise maintenance of the common household pet in the tenant’s dwelling unit, the rent payable may be adjusted to include separate or additional rent during the time the person owns or otherwise maintains the pet.
This bill would declare that it is to take effect
immediately as an urgency statute.

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