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File #: 20-3692   
Type: Miscellaneous Item
In control: City Council A Session
On agenda: 6/25/2020
Posting Language: Ordinance requiring a landlord or property manager to provide an information sheet to a tenant when a Notice to Vacate for Non-Payment of rent is delivered. [Lori Houston, Assistant City Manager; VerĂ³nica R. Soto, Director, Neighborhood and Housing Services]
Attachments: 1. Notice of Rights, 2. Updated Draft Ordinance, 3. English Spanish Notice of Rights - added June 23, 2020, 4. Ordinance 2020-06-25-0453
DEPARTMENT: Neighborhood and Housing Services


DEPARTMENT HEAD: Ver?nica R. Soto, AICP


COUNCIL DISTRICTS IMPACTED: City Wide


SUBJECT:

Notice of Tenants Rights


SUMMARY:

Consideration of an ordinance that requires a landlord or property manager to provide an information sheet to a tenant when a Notice to Vacate for Non-Payment of rent is delivered.


BACKGROUND INFORMATION:

On May 7, 2020, City staff proposed to City Council an ordinance that would require a landlord or property manager to provide an information sheet to a tenant when a Notice to Vacate for Non-Payment of rent is delivered. The purpose of the information sheet is to help educate tenants on the eviction process and encourage landlords and tenants to work collaboratively to permit tenants to remain in their homes while at the same time ensuring landlords will maintain a level of revenue that will permit them to continue to provide housing options for tenants.

The item was included in the Housing Security Pillar of the COVID 19 Recovery and Resiliency Plan that was approved by City Council on June 4th. The Plan includes four pillars: Workforce Development, Housing Security, Small Business Support, and Digital Inclusion. Each of the four pillars was assigned to a City Council Committee. On June 15, 2020, the Culture and Neighborhood Services Committee recommended that the Notice of Tenants Rights proceed to City Council on June 25th.

The proposed ordinance has been reviewed by several stakeholders. The ordinance is effective 30 days from approval and if approved, City staff will work with the stakeholders on the outreach and enforcement for the new ordinance.

ISSUE:

City staff is recommending the adoption of an ordinance that would require a landlord or property manager to provide an information sheet to a tenant when a Notice to Vacate for Non-Payment of rent is delivered. The Notice of Tenants Rights:

* Emphasizes that Notice to Vacate does not require tenant to leave t...

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