| Real Estate Organizations |
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Apartment Association of Greater Inland Empire
 http://www.aagie.com/ |
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Berkeley Property Owners Association
http://www.bpoa.org/ |
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BOMA California
http://www.boma.org/california/ |
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BOMA International
http://www.boma.org/ |
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California Apartment Association
http://www.caanet.org/ |
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Institute of Real Estate Management
http://www.irem.org/ |
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National Multi-Housing Council
http://www.nmhc.org/ |
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National Association of Realtors
http://nar.REALTOR.com/home.htm |
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National Association of Residential Property
Managers
http://www.narpm.org/ |
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National Apartment Association
http://www.naahq.org/ |
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Rental Housing Association of Sacramento Valley
http://www.rha@rha.org/ |
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Rental Housing Association of Northern Alameda
County
http://www.bayweb.net/RHA/ |
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San Diego County Apartment Association
http://www.sdcaa.com//span> |
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San Francisco ApartmentAssociation
http://www.sfaa.org/ |
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South Coast Apartment Association
http://SCAptAssn@aol.com/ |
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Generic List of Apartment Associations in California
http://www.mv.com/ipusers/nhpoa/landldca.htm |
Federal and State Laws |
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California Government (legislation, California laws)
http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/
This link is one-stop shopping for pending legislation, bills passed during the
last session, and all current California codes. Most landlord-tenant and
condominium laws are found in the Civil Codes, while the fair housing laws are
found in the Government Codes (§12955-12956)
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California Municipal codes
http://california.lp.findlaw.com/ca01_codes/municode.html
You can find all the local codes for the various cities in California here,
from health and safety, to building and zoning codes.
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Code of Federal Regulations
http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/cfr/cfr-table-search.html
The regulations are used by governmental agencies to implement and enforce
federal laws. The fair housing regulations are found at
http://www.fairhousing.com/legal_research/regs/index.htm
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Fair Credit Reporting Act and Information (FTC)
http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/conline/edcams/fcra/index.html
This Federal Trade Commission site provides the complete laws on credit
reports.
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Federal Register
http://www.gpo.gov/su_docs/aces/aces140.html
All new federal regulations must first go through a public input process after
being published in the Federal Register. You can search to find out what's new
in specific issues, such as senior housing and fair housing.
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Landlord-tenant laws from other states
http://www.mv.com/ipusers/nhpoa/other.htm
This site has a long list of links to laws from other states, including
security deposit and eviction laws - especially useful for owners and
management companies with properties in multiple states.
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San Diego City Municipal Codes
http://clerkdoc.sannet.gov/Website/mc/mc.html
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U.S. Code
http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/
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Federal Fair Housing Act
http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/42/ch45.html
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Federal and State Agencies |
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State of California
http://www.ca.gov/state/portal/myca_homepage.jsp
Use this site as a springboard to any area of California government.
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California Department of Real Estate
http://www.dre.ca.gov/
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Department of Fair Employment and Housing
http://www.dfeh.ca.gov/
This California agency, which enforces fair housing law, has a comprehensive
site with information on discrimination in both housing and employment.
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Department of Justice
http://www.usdoj.gov/
The DOJ enforces federal fair housing laws. They also have a large library of
information on the Americans with Disability Act (ADA).
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ADA Home Page
http://www.usdoj.gov/crt/ada/adahom1.htm
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ADA Index Page
http://www.usdoj.gov/crt/ada/index.htm
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ADA Regulations
http://www.usdoj.gov/crt/ada/pubs/ada.txt<
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Housing and Urban Development
http://hud.gov/
HUD's vast site contains information on federal housing programs, HUD forms,
fair housing, the fair housing poster (which can be downloaded), and many other
areas of interest. It also administers the Section 8 program.
The Section 8 Voucher program can be found at
http://www.hud.gov/section8.cfm
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Section 8 Voucher Program
http://www.hud.gov/section8.cfm |