Replace current rent control law with new affordable housing ordinance on November ballot
In Plain English
Richmond currently has rent control and eviction protection rules called the Fair Rent ordinance. The proposed ballot measure would completely remove these protections and create a new affordable housing law instead. Voters would decide in November whether to make this change.
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The Story So Far
9 prior discussions on this topic
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