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Adoption of Urgency Uncodified Ordinance Amending in Part Uncodified Ordinance No. 3275 and Imposing and Extending within the City of Alameda a Temporary Moratorium on Rent Increases for Fully Regulated Residential Rental Units until June 30, 2021 [Requires Four Affirmative Votes]; and
Recommendation to Provide Direction to Staff to Explore Additional Opportunities to Further Provide Assistant to Landlords, Especially Small Operators, Impacted by COVID-19. (Community Development 265)
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To: Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
As a result of the economic impacts of the COVID-19 health pandemic, City Council adopted an urgency ordinance (Ordinance No. 3275) that, in part, placed a temporary moratorium on rent increases for fully regulated rental units until January 1, 2021. (Fully regulated rental units are rental units in multi-unit buildings, including duplexes and triplexes, built before February 1995.) Due to the continued health and economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, Staff comes to Council to request consideration on whether the rent freeze should be extended. Staff has prepared an urgency ordinance to amend in part uncodified Ordinance No. 3275 to extend the temporary moratorium on rent increases for fully regulated residential rental units until June 30, 2021.
BACKGROUND
In response to community concern that rents in Alameda were rising at a rate greater than household income, the City Council has adopted a number of rent control ordinances, the most recent of which was adopted on September 17, 2019 (Ordinance No. 3250).
On April 21, 2020, City Council adopted an urgency ordinance (Ordinance No. 3275) that, in part, placed a temporary moratorium on rent increases for fully regulated rental units until January 1, 2021. As part of its consideration of the urgency ordinance, City Council heard public comments regarding the economic challenges residential tenants are faced with as a result of the COVID-19 p...
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