Rent control in Mountain View, CA

2 rules apply — the local one first, then the county and state rules that bind alongside it.

Mountain View stabilizes qualifying buildings with three or more units
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Verified on 2026-08-18 — 1 day ago.

Mountain View's Community Stabilization and Fair Rent Act limits annual increases for qualifying pre-1995 rental property with three or more units; 1995 through 23 December 2016 stock receives eviction protections without the rent ceiling, later stock is exempt, and duplexes are exempt from rent stabilization.

The local rent ceiling starts at three units and requires construction before 1995; duplexes are exempt.

A year-only 1995 record cannot establish which side of the programme's construction-date boundary applies. Check the exact construction or rental date, unit type, petition history and current annual general adjustment with the city.

Exemptions

  • Buildings first offered for rent from 1995 through 23 December 2016 receive eviction protections but not the rent ceiling.
  • Buildings first offered for rent after 23 December 2016 are exempt from the local rent-stabilization and eviction-protection portions.
Unit counts
3+ units
Construction
Built before 1996

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AB 1482 caps increases at 5% plus CPI, to a 10% ceiling
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Verified on 2026-08-01 — 18 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.

Exemptions

  • Housing issued a certificate of occupancy within the previous 15 years.
  • An owner-occupied duplex is exempt when the owner occupied one unit as their principal residence at the tenancy's start and remains there.
  • A separately alienable single-family home or condominium is exempt only when the owner is not a REIT, corporation, or LLC with a corporate member and the tenant received the statutory exemption notice.
Annual cap
10%
Owner-occupied exemption
Yes

In effect since 2020-01-01.

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