Create rent board fee credit for landlords with 4 or fewer rental units
In Plain English
Small landlords currently pay the same rent board fees as large property owners. The city wants to create a regulation giving fee credits to landlords who own 4 or fewer rental units. If approved, these smaller landlords pay reduced fees to the rent board that handles tenant disputes and rent control enforcement.
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Votes
Approve direction to staff to draw up a Measure U regulation to provide for the crediting of the rent board fees paid by small landlords with four rental units or less
7 to 0
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