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<br />Annual Rent Review Program Evaluation Report (July 2016 – June 2017) <br /> <br />Rent Review Board Hearings <br />From July 1, 2016 through June 30, 2017, City staff addressed 186 tenant and 26 landlord <br />inquiries for a total of 212 inquiries relating to the City's policies on rent increases and the Rent Review Program. Of all 212 inquiries (from either tenants or landlords), 26% were related to rent <br />increases. <br /> <br />During this reporting period there were 41 renters who applied for Rent Review Board (RRB) <br />hearing. Of these 41 hearing requests, the following is the breakdown of the outcome of those requests (see attached “Monthly Status Report of Rent Review Activities” for case details): <br /> <br />• 16 (or 39%) cases were ineligible for a rent review hearing; Of those cases, following is <br />how they were ineligible: o 11 (or 27% of total cases) were not subject to the RRO (3 properties located outside of City Limits, 6 were Mobile Homes not subject to the ordinance, and 2 <br />were at a regulated affordable housing development); <br />o 2 (or 5% of total cases) cases were ineligible due to the landlord not following <br />ordinance requirements; o 3 (or 7% of total cases) cases were ineligible due to the tenant not following ordinance requirements; <br />• 11 (or 27%) cases did not have a hearing scheduled; Of those cases, following is why they <br />were not heard: o 5 (or 12% of total cases) Landlords were instructed to re-issue the rent increase with Rent Review Ordinance required notice; <br />o 6 (or 15% of total cases) were resolved without a Rent Review Hearing; <br />• 14 (or 34%) of FY 16-17 cases were scheduled for a hearing; o 5 (or 12% of total cases) were resolved prior to the scheduled hearing; o 8 (20% of total cases) were resolved at the hearing; <br />o 1 (or 3% of total cases) were resolved prior to the 2nd scheduled hearing. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Note that in prior Rent Review Program Evaluation Reports there was an analysis of asking rents <br />in in the San Leandro market. This analysis was based on data from RealFacts, a company that <br />compiled rental market data. Since the last evaluation report was published, this company is no <br />longer in operation. Given Housing Division staff transition in FY 16-17, there was no staff available to collect other rental market data for this period.