
18 June 2020 | 11 replies
They keep moving it. ..Title Creating Chapter 193 of the Legislative Code (Title XIX) pertaining to Tenant Protections...BodySection 1WHEREAS, under City Council RES 89-1273, the Council directed the creation of a fair housing workgroup to make policy and budget recommendations “with the goal of eliminating housing disparities, lowering barriers to affordable housing, and ensuring access to economic opportunity in the City of Saint Paul”; andWHEREAS, under City Council RES 17-2064, the Council directed the development of a fair housing strategic plan “to continue to research and work with housing partners on strategies to further Fair Housing goals such as...improved tenant protections, Tenant Remedies Actions, Advance Notice of Sale policy, gentrification studies, just cause eviction, non-discrimination policies, and others”; andWHEREAS, under City RES 18-1204, the City Council acknowledged that “the housing crisis in our city and region, and the urgent need to address the crisis as our population grows,”; and WHEREAS, in 2019 the City created the Affordable Housing Trust Fund, with five objectives: to meet the needs of those with the lowest incomes by increasing supply; to invest in low and moderate income residents by investing in existing supply; to explore innovative approaches to meeting housing needs; to build wealth for residents and communities; and to promote fair access to housing for us all; and .WHEREAS, in 2019, the Office of Financial Empowerment, which housed the Fair Housing Coordinator Position, was created and subsequently developed the framework for a citywide fair housing strategy identifying decreasing housing displacement, increasing housing access and affirmatively furthering fair housing as the overall objectives; and WHEREAS, Tenant Protections is one of four focus areas including education and engagement, enforcement and compliance, and preservation and production, to address strategy objectives based on the current housing landscape; andWHEREAS, stagnant wages, skyrocketing rents, a lack of affordable housing, and a consistently low housing vacancy rate are making it harder for Saint Paul residents to find housing and to afford it over time; and WHEREAS, the number of renters has increased by 12 percent from 2000-2016 and the City of Saint Paul has now become a renter-majority city, with 51% (57,621) of City residents being renters; and WHEREAS, renters are disproportionately people of color and are disproportionately representative of individuals from low wealth backgrounds; andWHEREAS, demographically 83% of African-American households are renting, compared to 41% of White households; and WHEREAS, more than half of our renter households earn 60 percent or less of the Area Median Income, and more than half of our renter households of color earn 30 percent or less of the Area Median Income; andWHEREAS, in St.

21 June 2020 | 2 replies
They just helped kill AB2501 in CA, the onerous private lender legislation in Florida, and are currently lobbying against the anti-flipping tax increases in New York.

18 June 2020 | 6 replies
How such short sighted legislation can get introduced to begin with is mind boggling

19 June 2020 | 2 replies
I'm getting more and more worried given the legislation the socialists are trying to pass.

19 June 2020 | 17 replies
True objective processes ensure a level playing field that can be referree'd through the efficient enforcement and legislation of our democracy.

21 June 2020 | 13 replies
Many passed emergency legislation allowing it during COVID.
28 June 2020 | 19 replies
@Erjia Mao after keeping up with potential legislation in Seattle for residential landlords, you might consider doing a 1031 Exchange and move out of Seattle completely while you can.

10 July 2020 | 25 replies
The flurry of legislation pushed through, often in proximity to statutory deadlines, required rapid digestion, analysis, and dissemination to clients.
24 June 2020 | 0 replies
In addition to these potentially favorable factors, the state of California has improved J/ADU legislation to promote their development including allowing ADUs and JADUs to be built concurrently with a single-family dwelling, opening areas where ADUs can be created to include all zoning districts that allow single-family and multifamily uses, modifying fees from utilities such as special districts and water corporation and limited exemptions or reductions in impact fees.

6 July 2020 | 132 replies
Where in the legislation (all 55 pages of it) can one find this?