Rental registration in San Francisco, CA

One rule applies, with its citation below.

Research, not legal advice

These summaries are compiled from ordinance text and public sources and are dated at the point they were last checked. Rules change between checks — Newark replaced its whole registration regime in a single month — so confirm anything you are about to underwrite against the primary source or the municipal office named in the citation.

San Francisco residential owners report annually to the Housing Inventory

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Verified on 2026-08-18 — 46 days ago.

Owners of residential property must report unit information to the Rent Board Housing Inventory annually; reporting covers owner-occupied, vacant, and non-owner-occupied units, including single-family homes and condominiums.

Housing Inventory reporting applies to residential units broadly, not only rent-controlled apartments.

The ordinance calls this a housing inventory rather than a rental registry. Failure to report can suspend the license to impose annual or banked increases on a covered tenancy.

Unit counts: 1+ units

In effect since 2022-07-01.

Sources

San Francisco Rent Board — Housing Inventory — San Francisco Administrative Code §37.15

Every rule for San Francisco, CA