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Agenda Item
6 25-0185 Subject: Amendments To The Rent Adjustment And Just Cause For Eviction Ordinances
From: President Pro Tempore Kalb
Recommendation: Adopt An Ordinance (1) Amending The Rent Adjustment Ordinance To (A) Limit Banking Of CPI Rent Increases To Expire After Four Years And After Transfer Of Property; (B) Prohibit Rent Increases For Owners Delinquent On Business Taxes; (C) Extend Tenant Petition Deadlines From 90 Days To 180 Days And (2) Amending The Just Cause For Eviction Ordinance To Prohibit No Fault Evictions For Owners Delinquent On Business Taxes
I encourage council to pass these basic tenant protections. Landlords should be straightforward in their dealings and have no need to bank so many years of increases, making the tenants' housing situation less predictable. They should also pay their taxes.
This is straight-forward tweaks to make the system fairer and put pressure on landlords to pay their fair share especially as we face a potential budget crisis
I am a renter in District 1 and an affordable housing policy expert and I heartily support this legislation. Banking increases allows landlords to subvert the protections and shock tenants with huge increases that likely exceed the income growth of the tenant. Extending tenant petition deadlines will help tenants better access their legal rights. Landlords who don't pay their business taxes should not be able to raise rents or evict tenants - if they are all about people paying their bills on time, maybe they should give it a try. Thank you councilmember Kalb for introducing this legislation!
I encourage council to pass these basic tenant protections. Landlords should be straightforward in their dealings and have no need to bank so many years of increases, making the tenants' housing situation less predictable. They should also pay their taxes.
This is straight-forward tweaks to make the system fairer and put pressure on landlords to pay their fair share especially as we face a potential budget crisis
I am a renter in District 1 and an affordable housing policy expert and I heartily support this legislation. Banking increases allows landlords to subvert the protections and shock tenants with huge increases that likely exceed the income growth of the tenant. Extending tenant petition deadlines will help tenants better access their legal rights. Landlords who don't pay their business taxes should not be able to raise rents or evict tenants - if they are all about people paying their bills on time, maybe they should give it a try. Thank you councilmember Kalb for introducing this legislation!
Like all tenant protections we ask for, this is common-sense legislation that harms no one and helps a lot of people.