Housing Laws

There is a housing law in California that could protect you (the tenant) if you, a member of your household, or an immediate family member is a victim of any of the following crimes:

• domestic violence;
• sexual assault, which means any of the following crimes: rape, unlawful sexual intercourse with person under 18, sodomy, oral copulation, or forcible acts of sexual penetration;
• stalking;
• abuse of an elder or dependent adult;
• human trafficking;
• a crime that caused bodily injury or death;
• a crime that included the showing, taking out, brandishing, or using a firearm or other deadly weapon or instrument; or
• a crime that included the use of force against the victim or a threat of force against the victim.¹

¹ Cal.C.C.P. § 1161.3(a)