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Housing Division Evaluation Reports July 2018 to June 2022 I. Overview This report covers the period from July 1, 2018 through June 30, 2022. There are multiple variations to note in this multi-year report. First, during the period from July 1, 2018 to June 30, 2020 there was a significant fluctuation in Rent Review cases heard by the Rent Review Board. This was due to the adoption of AB 1482 by the CA Legislature, otherwise known as the Tenant Protection Act of 2019, that took effect January 1, 2020. AB 1482 limits rent increases to 5% plus the Consumer Price Index, or 10% whichever is lower. As of the effective date until June 2022 the sanctioned allowable rent increase under AB 1482 was below 7%. In San Leandro, rent increases of 7% or greater trigger the Rent Review Ordinance and a Rent Review Board hearing. Property owners/managers have preferred to reduce rent to below 7% rather than appear in at a Board hearing. Therefore, there were no cases heard by the Rent Review Board since October 2019. Second, although there was a significant decrease in Rent Review cases in 2020, there was an uptick in many other areas that the Housing Division staff serves. For example, in July 2019 the City adopted the Mobilehome Space Rent Stabilization Ordinance (MHSRSO) and, although an annual report is not required for this ordinance, City staff fielded many calls where information and referral services on the MHSRSO were provided. In FY 2020-2021 during the COVID-19 pandemic, Housing Division staff fielded many calls regarding the eviction moratorium and both the City’s and Alameda County’s Emergency Rental Assistance Programs. Data for most all of phone inquiries to the Housing Division are presented below in Table 1 and are, in some cases, further summarized by the type of caller. (Note that the total inquiries do not equal the sum of the types of callers as that data is not always provided.) Table 1 Inquires to Housing Division Total Tenant Property Owner/ Manager Realtor FY 2018-2019 745 421 (57%) 114 (15%) 14 (2%) FY 2019-2020 797 425 (53%) 153 (19%) 14 (2%) FY 2020-2021 664 225 (34%) 77 (12%) 8 (1%) FY 2021-2022 573 237 (41%) 72 (13%) 10 (2%)