Title
An Ordinance Amending Chapter 5.156 of the Sacramento City Code, Relating to Tenant Protection [Passed for Publication 11/12/2024]
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FileID
File ID: 2024-01260
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Location
Location: Citywide
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Recommendation
Recommendation: Adopt an Ordinance amending Chapter 5.156 of the Sacramento City Code, relating to Tenant Protection.
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Contact
Contact: Peter Lemos, Code and Housing Enforcement Chief, (916) 808-8183, plemos@cityofsacramento.org, Community Development Department
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Presenter
Presenter: Peter Lemos, Code and Housing Enforcement Chief, (916) 808-8183, plemos@cityofsacramento.org, Community Development Department
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Attachments
Attachments:
1-Description/Analysis
2-Ordinance (Redlined)
3-Ordinance (Clean)
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Description/Analysis
IssueDetail
Issue Detail: On August 13, 2019, the City Council adopted Chapter 5.156 of the City Code, known as the Tenant Protection and Relief Act. The Tenant Protection Program (Program) was established to assist residential tenants with increasing rental rates by establishing limits on annual rent increases and for long term tenants to provide protection from unwarranted lease termination.
While the program went into effect September 2019, due to statewide eviction moratoriums that were put in place because of COVID, the program did not initiate until the moratoriums expired on September 30, 2020 (although certain aspects of the moratoriums were extended through June 30, 2021).
Per direction from the City's Housing Element, the City collected data from stakeholders to review the effectiveness of the Program while considering changes that would strengthen the effectiveness of the Ordinance. Upon review of the data, it is clear that the City has more work to do with this Ordinance. However, there was broad support for maintaining the existing program and a desire expressed by interested groups for greater information and education about the program for both landlords and tenants....
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