This year's update:
The Effects of Non-Judicial Foreclosure on Tenant-Occupied Property in California
Posted by Christopher Martz
In this Emerging Issues Analysis, San Francisco attorney Christopher Martz discusses recent developments surrounding the effects of non-judicial foreclosure on tenant occupied property. The focus is on California law, but recent federal legislation, the ?<strong>Protecting Tenants at Foreclosure Act of 2009</strong>,? drastically alters the legal landscape following non-judicial-foreclosure on tenant-occupied property, both in terms of whether a residential lease survives the foreclosure sale and the steps necessary to terminate an extinguished lease or tenancy. This article highlights these important developments and exposes common pitfalls for tenants and property-owners alike. Mr. Martz writes:
Residential Lease Survives Non-Judicial Foreclosure for Remainder of Its Term. <span style="color: blue;"><strong>The Protecting Tenants at Foreclosure Act of 2009 (PTFA) provides that an unexpired residential lease will survive foreclosure for whatever amount of time remains on the lease </strong></span> [Pub. L. No. 111- 22, ? 702(a) (2009)]. <span style="color: red;"><strong>Tenants who enter into a fixed-term lease before the notice of foreclosure are now entitled to remain in possession for the remainder of the lease term provided the lease meets the three-pronged test to qualify as bona fide.</strong></span> <span style="color: blue;"> <strong>A lease is bona fide under PTFA if </strong></span> [Pub. L. No. 111- 22, ? 702(b) (2009)]:
<span style="color: blue;"><strong>The tenant is not the mortgagor or the mortgagor's child, spouse, or parent;
The lease is the result of an arms-length transaction; and
The rent due under the lease is not substantially less than market rent, unless the rent is reduced by a subsidy.</strong></span>The protections of PTFA extend to subsidized tenancies as well. In such cases, the immediate successor in interest following non-judicial foreclosure takes the property subject to both of the following [Pub. L. No. 111- 22, ? 703 (2009)]:
The lease with the tenant; and
The Housing Assistance Payment (HAP) contract with the local housing authority.
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awgee - IMO it would be a waste of time and energy to have your lease recorded.
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