Legal Question in Landlord & Tenant Law in California

If their lease is up, the landlord (unless this is a Section 8, assisted housing or rent control district) can raise the rent to whatever he wants. Also, a bonus is to be included in the averaging of income under most formulas (for Section 8, assisted housing or rent control). Without a lease, the landlord can change the terms to whatever he or she wants - what they make is truly irrelevant, and while the landlord may use that to determine applicable rent, he does not have to. Besides - why is a bonus not income? Your brother and his wife received the money, didn't they? I fail to see how that is not income to your brother and sister-in-law. I understand that it is not regular income, but if averaged over 12 months, then it is truly a measure of what they earned in a 12 month period. In any event, unless they are under Section 8, rent control or assisted housing, there is really nothing they can do about it except move.

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