Starting in January 2025, California law will specifically prohibit landlords from denying someone housing because of their experiences as a survivor.
What This Means:
- Landlords can’t deny tenancy due to poor credit caused by abuse.
- More survivors will also gain access to one of California’s lock change laws – a law that requires landlords to change a survivor’s locks when the person who harmed is not a co-tenant and the survivor gave the landlord documentation that shows they experienced abuse or violence.
Because of SB 1051, survivors across California will have greater access to safe housing, helping them and their children escape abuse permanently.
