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General Information
011- Rent Board Contact Information and Hours
012 – Overview of Rent Board Services – What We Do and Don’t Do
013 – Rent Board Fee
014 – Purchase of the Ordinance and Rules and Regulations
015 – Translation Services
016 – Accessible Meeting Policy
017 – Overview of Covered and Exempt Units
018 – Partial Exemption for Certain Subsidized Rental Units
019 – Partial Exemption for Certain Single-Family Homes and Condominiums Under Costa-Hawkins
020 – Partial Exemption for New Construction and Substantial Rehabilitation
Annual and Banked Rent Increases
051 – This Year’s Annual Allowable Increase Amount
052 – Imposing the Annual Allowable Increase
053 – Banked Rent Increases 
Security Deposits
101 – This Year’s Security Deposit Interest Rate
102 – Security Deposits – General Information
103 – Interest on Security Deposits 
Roommates and Subletting
151 – Subletting and Replacement of Roommates
152 – Charging for Additional Occupants Prohibited
153 – Rent Increases Under Section 6.14 and Costa-Hawkins
154 – Limits on Rent Charged by Master Tenants
155 – Evictions Based on Breach of No Subletting Clause
156 – Evictions Based on Addition of Family Members to Unit
157 – Evictions of Roommates and Subtenants
Evictions
201 – Overview of Just Cause Evictions
202 – General Eviction Notice Requirements
203 – Notice Requirements for Evictions Based on Owner or Relative Move-in
204 – Evictions Based on Owner or Relative Move-in
205 – Evictions Pursuant to the Ellis Act
206 – Temporary Evictions for Capital Improvements
207 – Evictions Based on Substantial Rehabilitation
208 – Evictions Based on Breach of Lease Involving Material Change in Original Lease Term
209 – Evictions Based on Breach of No-Subletting Clause and/or Breach of Occupancy Limits
210 – Evictions of Roommates and Subtenants
211 – Reports of Alleged Wrongful Eviction
212 – Unlawful Detainer Actions in Court
213 – Evictions to Demolish or Permanently Remove a Unit From Housing Use 
Other Landlord/Tenant Issues
251 – General Lease Issues
252 – Landlord Access to a Unit
253 – Renting an Illegal Unit

254 – Charging for Additional Occupants Prohibited
255 – Charging Additional Rent for New Housing Services
256 – Parking and Storage Spaces as Housing Services
257 – Minimum Heat Requirements
258 – Noise Problems
259 – Uniform Residential Hotel Visitor Policy
260 – Handling Repair Problems
261 – Rent Withholding and the Repair and Deduct Remedy
262 – Resolving Problems With Your Landlord or Tenant
263 – Buyout Agreements
264 – Temporary Rent Reduction Agreements
265 – Disclosure Requirements for Online Rental Advertisements
266 – Accessory Dwelling Units (ADUs)
990 – Good Samaritan Tenancy Information 
Landlord Petitions and Passthroughs 
301 – overview of Landlord Petitions and Passthroughs
302 – capital Improvement Petitions – general information
303 – calculator Fees
304 – How to Allocate Capital Improvement Costs
305 – interest on Capital Improvement Costs
306 – Uncompensated Labor Rates
307 – limited Rules for Properties with 1-5 Residential Units
308 – special Rules for Properties with Six or More residential Units
309 – particular Rules for Seismic Work and early Improvements Required by jurisprudence
310 – special Rules for Energy Conservation Work
311 – How to Notify Tenants of a Capital Improvement Increase
312 – tenant Objections to a capital Improvement Petition
322 – manoeuver and Maintenance Petitions
323 – especial Circumstances or comparable rend Increase Petitions
324 – proposal I Past rend History Petitions
325 – utility Passthroughs
326 – Petitions for Substantial Rehabilitation Exemption
327 – Petitions for extension of Time to Complete Capital Improvements
328 – department 1.21 tenant in Occupancy Petitions
329 – Petitions for Determination Pursuant to Section 6.14 and/or Costa-Hawkins
330 – general Obligation Bond Passthroughs
331 – Water Revenue Bond Passthroughs
Tenant Petitions
351 – overview of Tenant Petitions
352 – substantial Decrease in Housing Services Petitions
353 – failure to Repair and Maintain Petitions
354 – unlawful rend Increase Petitions and Lawful Rent Determinations
355 – tenant Petitions for Improper Utility Passthrough
and Deferral of a Utility Passthrough Based on Financial Hardship
356 – tenant Challenge of Improper Water Revenue Bond Passthrough
357 – tenant Challenge of Improper General Obligation Bond Measure Passthrough
358 – Petitions for failure to Discontinue Capital Improvement Passthrough
359 – section 6.15C ( 3 ) Subtenant Petitions based on Proportional Rent
360 – illegitimate initial Rent Claims by a Subtenant
361 – tenant compendious Petitions
362 – Reports of Alleged Wrongful eviction
363 – tenant Financial Hardship Applications
Hearings, Mediations and Appeals
401 – The Hearing process
402 – mediation

403 – minute Orders
404 – Expedited Hearing Orders
405 – The Appeal process