Sustainability and Renters' Rights Committee
TL;DR
The Seattle City Council's Sustainability and Renters' Rights Committee held a public hearing on a major rent control ordinance that would establish new protections for tenants, including limits on residential rent increases. The committee discussed the proposal, which would create a Rent Control Commission and District Rent Control Boards to manage and enforce these new regulations. The meeting lasted about 2.5 hours but no final vote or action was recorded in this agenda.
Key Decisions
- Rent Control Ordinance Public Hearing Discussed (no final action recorded)
Agenda
- This meeting also constitutes a meeting of the City Council, provided that the meeting shall be conducted as a committee meeting under the Council Rules and Procedures, and Council action shall be limited to committee business.
- Please Note: Times listed are estimated
- Call To Order
Meeting Start Time: 6:16 p.m. Presiding Officer: Councilmember Kshama Sawant
- Approval of the Agenda
- PUBLIC HEARING
- 1. AN ORDINANCE relating to tenant protections; establishing rent control provisions; regulating residential rent increases; establishing a Rent Control Commission and District Rent Control Boards to authorize rent control exemptions; establishing enforcement provisions; adding a new Chapter 7.28 to the Seattle Municipal Code; and amending Sections 3.06.030 and 22.214.040 of the Seattle Municipal Code.Council Bill (CB)Action: discussed
The Council Bill (CB) was discussed.
- Adjournment
Meeting Adjournment Time: 8:56 p.m. Prepared by: Ted Virdone