You can complain to the local code enforcement agency, or (if the landlord has refused to address the problem) "repair and deduct" under Civil Code...

If you can prove that the conditions actually violate applicable health and safety laws, then you may well have the right to terminate without...

The answer would largely depend on whether your purchase agreement had loan/appraisal contingencies, and if so, whether they were waived. If all...

If the tenant wanted you to hold the unit for the tenant, agreed to pay rent for the entire month of March, and the lease tenant signed specified...

You must timely respond to any discovery served on you, even if you are only responding by making objections. Any objections not timely made are...

Cal. law generally only allows tenants to deduct rent for substantial violations of the implied warranty of habitability (for examples, see Civil...

If your tenancy is subject to rent control - including under AB 1482 - your rent should not change simply because the lease expired. Rather, the...

Civil Code Section 1942.5 provides: "(g) Notwithstanding subdivisions (a) to (f), inclusive, a lessor may recover possession of a dwelling and do...

If the property was in a trust, then the sisters may already have legal standing to evict you. If it is in a probate, then no one should have legal...

Unfortunately, the landlord has no legal obligation to give you more time to pay the rent. If you don't pay by whatever deadline the landlord...