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Imagine trying to study for a final exam when you have no idea where you\u2019ll be sleeping that night. Since students, like all rental tenants, can experience housing insecurity for any number of reasons, it\u2019s essential that they understand their rights and responsibilities when entering into a legal agreement with their landlord.<\/p>\n

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\u201cGood Lease Vibes Only,\u201d a 90-minute seminar provided on March 25 by Santiago Canyon College\u2019s Real Estate Department, examined these rights and responsibilities, which differ for tenants and property owners. While this is the first SCC tenant\/landlord event of its kind, future seminars will tackle this issue from different perspectives, furnishing critical information and advice from professionals in a variety of real estate specialties.<\/p>\n

The next seminar will take place in the fall, said Jovannys Mejia, coordinator of SCC\u2019s The Hawk\u2019s Nest: Basic Needs Center.<\/p>\n

\u201cGiven the recent rise in housing insecurity, we looked specifically at tenant rights, since students facing eviction were coming to us for help,\u201d Mejia said. \u201cThat\u2019s why we reached out to experts on campus.\u201d<\/p>\n

The first expert Mejia contacted was Alana Gates, SCC professor of real estate and chair of the college\u2019s Real Estate Department. \u201cJovannys mentioned that students were put in situations by their landlords, and (the renters) didn\u2019t understand what was going on,\u201d Gates said. \u201cWe determined that they needed material presented to them in a clear, understandable fashion.\u201d<\/p>\n

Providing this information in an easily accessible manner was essential. After all, \u201cCalifornia Tenants: A Guide to Tenants\u2019 and Landlords\u2019 Rights and Responsibilities\u201d is a 156-page document published by the California Department of Real Estate that\u2019s packed with complex details. \u201cIt\u2019s hard for the average person to understand this,\u201d Mejia said of the publication, which was made available to all seminar attendees. \u201cThere are so many complicated components to housing.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve been doing this for over 20 years,\u201d said Gates, who has served on the Professional Standards Committee of Orange County Realtors, the local association of the National Association of Realtors. \u201cWhen I started working with tenants, I learned that many don\u2019t understand their rights. So I provided both the tenants and the landlords with their (respective) rights and responsibilities. It\u2019s important that they both understand what each other has to know and do; many of them don\u2019t.\u201d<\/p>\n

The March 25 seminar was based largely on inquiries submitted by students prior to the event. \u201cWe received some great questions from them,\u201d Gates said, \u201cand my colleague and fellow professor, Martha Cherry, researched a lot of these issues before the meeting.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Gates noted that habitability was one of the most common concerns. \u201cFor example, if a landlord doesn\u2019t address a cockroach infestation or things being broken in the apartment, what rights do tenants have?\u201d she said. \u201cWhat is classified as \u2018urgent,\u2019 versus something that can wait? Students wanted to know about the landlord\u2019s obligation to fix the problem in a timely manner, and whether they\u2019re obligated to pay rent, or if the landlord must relocate them until the problem is fixed.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Other common issues addressed in Good Lease Vibes Only included rent control, rental-deposit requirements and pet ownership, among many others.<\/p>\n

Tenant\/landlord horror stories are not uncommon. \u201cI had a veteran student who was facing eviction due to a mix-up with VA benefits that were put on hold,\u201d Mejia said. \u201cEven though it was clear the benefits were going to eventually be furnished, their landlord was evicting them.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI have a current student who I\u2019ve referred to mediation because she\u2019s renting a place that\u2019s infested with mice,\u201d Gates said. \u201cAnd she\u2019s not getting anywhere with the landlord.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Mediation, she added, is currently a common point of discussion. \u201cOne of our guest speakers was a licensed mediator and arbitrator. He told me that the most common cases he\u2019s currently hearing (across the full range of real estate topics) involve rental issues.\u201d<\/p>\n

Future Good Lease Vibes Only seminars will include input from experts in Gates\u2019 network of real estate professionals, each one discussing his or her own specialty. \u201cSo we\u2019ll have a different outlook every time,\u201d Gates said. \u201cSomebody who came to the seminar last March will get a different industry professional sharing their experience at the next one. That way, we\u2019ll keep (these events) fresh and current.\u201d<\/p>\n

Along with future tenant\/landlord seminars, SCC will provide an OC Home Ownership Fair on Aug. 22. \u201cThis will be presented for the entire community,\u201d said Gates, who last winter received the President\u2019s Award from Orange County Realtors. \u201cAnd on Oct. 14, we\u2019ll have a student-focused event about careers in real estate.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mejia emphasized that anything that\u2019s good for SCC\u2019s student population benefits the community as a whole. \u201cI\u2019m super grateful to Gates and SCC\u2019s Real Estate Department, including her strong ties to the community,\u201d he said. \u201cThey\u2019re wonderful, and I\u2019m incredibly thankful.\u201d<\/p>\n

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