Title
Adopt a Resolution for the City Council to receive the Annual Rent Review Ordinance and Tenant Relocation Assistance Ordinance Program Evaluations for July 2018 - June 2022
Staffreport
COUNCIL PRIORITY
* Housing and Homelessness
* Community Engagement and Outreach
SUMMARY
This Staff Report and Resolution is based on the City of San Leandro's Rent Review and Tenant Relocation Assistance Ordinances that require the preparation and submittal to City Council of annual evaluation reports. The Rent Review Ordinance was adopted in 2001 and amended in 2016. The Tenant Relocation Assistance Ordinance was adopted in 2017.
RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends that the City Council review and receive program evaluation reports for two City Ordinances managed by the Community Development Department's Housing Division. Both the Rent Review Ordinance and the Tenant Relocation Assistance Ordinance require an Annual Report that assesses the effectiveness of the respective programs and recommend changes as may be appropriate.
BACKGROUND
The Rent Review Ordinance ("RRO"), San Leandro Municipal Code Title 4, Chapter 4-32, was established by the City to provide a public forum for both property owners/managers and tenants to mutually resolve proposed rent increases. The program is utilized by the community as a rent dispute forum for tenants and property owners/managers and is applicable to rental housing units on parcels that contain at least 2 tenant-occupied housing units that receive a rent increase greater than 7% within a 12-month period.
The Tenant Relocation Assistance Ordinance ("TRO"), San Leandro Municipal Code Title 4, Chapter 4-37, was enacted by City Council to mitigate the impacts of displacement (adverse health, safety and economic) from a "landlord-caused termination" of tenancy or by a rent increase of greater than 12% within a 12-month period.
Additionally, the report includes an overview of the 2019 State Law AB 1482 (aka the "Tenant Protection Act"), i...
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