Repeal rent control ordinance or put it to voter referendum
In Plain English
The city passed a rent control law in 2015 that created a rent board and requires landlords to show just cause before evicting tenants. The council can either eliminate this law entirely or let voters decide its fate in a special election. If approved, rental housing returns to market-rate pricing without eviction protections.
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Votes
Motion · Official minutes
Repeal Ordinance 21-15 N.S, and adopt Ordinance 26-15 N.S.
7 aye · 0 nay
Why This Vote Matters
The council unanimously voted to repeal the city's rent control law, which had been in place since 2015. This eliminates the rent board and removes requirements that landlords show just cause before evicting tenants, allowing rental housing to return to market-rate pricing without eviction protections. The decision affects all rental properties in the city and removes tenant protections that had limited rent increases and provided eviction safeguards for nearly a decade.
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