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File Number: 15-655 <br />2) Raise the $75 rent increase threshold to $100. <br />3) Revise the definition of "Residential Property" in order to allow duplexes that are <br />tenant-occupied to be eligible for rent review. <br />4) Prohibit a landlord for raising rents for a period of one year if the landlord does not <br />appear without good cause at a Rent Review Board hearing. <br />The Board unanimously approved Items 1-3 above, but were split (3 ayes, 2 no) on Item 4. <br />Staff has incorporated Items 1-3 into the final draft Ordinance amendments for City Council <br />review on December 7, 2015 (although the inclusion of renters insurance as base rent under <br />Item 1 was not included because it would be problematic to administer). Staff did not include <br />Item 4 because as the dissenting Board member noted there could be potential litigation to <br />freeze a rent increase for 12 months based on a landlord’s non-showing without good cause <br />at a Board hearing. Since the Ordinance was adopted in 2001, there has only been one <br />instance when a landlord failed to appear at his rent review board hearing. <br />Previous Actions <br />The Rent Review Ordinance was adopted April 2001. The Municipal Code was amended in <br />March 2002, October 2003, July 2005, and March 2015. <br />Board/Commission Review and Actions <br />At its November 17, 2015 Rent Review Board Meeting, the Rent Review Board unanimously <br />approved the Annual Rent Review Program Evaluation, with recommended modifications to <br />the Rent Review Board Ordinance Amendments, and instructed City staff to forward the <br />evaluation to City Council for review and approval. <br />ATTACHMENT <br />Attachment to Resolution <br />·Rent Review Program Evaluation for July 2014 - June 2015 <br />PREPARED BY: Steve Hernandez, Housing Specialist II, Community Development <br />Department <br />Page 3 City of San Leandro Printed on 12/1/2015