Concord, CA — landlord and rental rules

6 rules across 5 topics, including the county and state rules that bind here. Last verified 2026-08-18.

Rent controlVacancy decontrolJust-cause evictionRental registrationOther

Rent control

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Concord caps increases for qualifying pre-February-1995 multifamily rentals
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Verified on 2026-08-18 — 45 days ago.

Concord's Residential Tenant Protection Program limits annual increases for qualifying multifamily rental units built before February 1995.

The local multifamily ceiling reaches duplexes and triplexes when the other programme conditions are met.

Confirm construction date, exemption status and the current published cap with the city.

Unit counts
2+ units
Construction
Built before 1996
AB 1482 caps increases at 5% plus CPI, to a 10% ceiling
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Verified on 2026-08-01 — 62 days ago.

The Tenant Protection Act caps annual rent increases at 5% plus CPI, with a hard ceiling of 10%, on housing built more than 15 years ago.

The 15-year window rolls forward, so a building drifts into coverage with age rather than being fixed by its construction date at purchase.

Annual cap
10%
Construction
Built before 2011

In effect since 2020-01-01.

Sources

  • California Tenant Protection Act of 2019 (AB 1482) — Cal. Civ. Code §1946.2, §1947.12

Vacancy decontrol

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Costa-Hawkins preserves vacancy decontrol
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Verified on 2026-08-01 — 62 days ago.

Costa-Hawkins exempts post-1995 construction and single-family homes and condominiums from *local* rent control, and preserves the landlord's right to reset rent to market on vacancy.

It does not help at the affordable end, because affordable stock is old stock: the buildings a small investor can actually buy are usually the ones Costa-Hawkins does not exempt.

Vacancy decontrol
Yes — rent resets on vacancy
Construction
Built after 1995

Sources

  • Costa-Hawkins Rental Housing Act — Cal. Civ. Code §1954.50 et seq.

Just-cause eviction

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Concord adds just-cause protection for multifamily tenancies
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Verified on 2026-08-18 — 45 days ago.

Concord's Residential Tenant Protection Program requires an authorised cause and the local process for covered terminations in multifamily rental complexes.

The local just-cause layer begins with a multifamily property of two or more units.

Confirm the building and tenancy in the city programme rather than falling back to the narrower statewide exemption analysis.

Exemptions

  • The city's property- and tenancy-specific exemptions require confirmation before a termination plan is treated as permitted.
Unit counts
2+ units

Rental registration

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Concord's rental registry reaches all rental types
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Verified on 2026-08-18 — 45 days ago.

Concord requires rental property registration, including single-family rentals, duplexes, triplexes and larger property, even where the rent-cap portion has a narrower scope.

Registration starts with one rental home and expressly includes duplexes and triplexes.

Verify every unit and claimed exemption in the city registry.

Unit counts
1+ units

Other

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Insurance is a live underwriting problem, not a line item
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Verified on 2026-08-01 — 62 days ago.

FAIR Plan policies are up 139% since 2021, habitability claims are now commonly excluded, and earthquake cover is excluded from every standard policy.

Get a bindable quote before removing contingencies. An insurance assumption carried over from another state is the single largest silent error in a California pro forma.

Fair plan increase since2021
139%