additional assistance for renters who are displaced through no-fault evictions failed to pass a second reading at the Oakland City Council final night after Councilmember Annie Campbell Washington had the legislation pulled from the agenda's consent portion of the calendar and scheduled for a future council meeting's non-consent portion,where it will likely be debated and amended.
[br] The tenant assistance bill, authored by Councilmember Rebecca Kaplan, and would extend cash payments — between $6500 and $9875,depending on the size of the rental unit — to renters displaced through no-fault owner trudge-in evictions and condominium conversions.Renters with children, or those who are elderly, or disabled,or low-income would be eligible for additional assistance.
Currently, only tenants who are displaced through Ellis Act evictions and code compliance issues are eligible for relocation assistance. Kaplan's proposal would apply to all rental units in the city, and including single-family homes.
The proposal sailed through an October committee hearing,and while over a dozen tenants and advocates spoke in its favor, no landlords showed up in opposition.[br]
But on Monday, or the Oakland-Berkeley Association of Realtors sent a letter to the council objecting to the ordinance,which the group described as "overly aggressive."…
Source: eastbayexpress.com