Direct city attorney to draft tenant anti-harassment and relocation laws
In Plain English
The city currently lacks specific protections against landlord harassment of tenants. City Council wants draft laws created using Oakland's anti-harassment rules as a model. If approved, the new laws would also update Richmond's existing relocation requirements to make them clearer and give the Rent Board authority to create enforcement rules.
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Votes
Approved the item and directed staff to return in no more than 45 days with the draft ordinances and use other cities ordinances as a template
5 to 1
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