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  • Comment Detail

  • Date: 08/01/23
    First Name: Elisabeth Robledo
    Last Name: Robledo
    Email: esroble92@gmail.com
    Organization Type: other
    Organization: San Joaquin Valley Democratic Club

  • Comment

    Protect tenants from, and limit egregious rent hikes and prevent evictions without good cause, ensuring every tenant has the right to a lease renewal. Good cause is defined as serious and repeated lease violations provable in a court of law.

    Prohibit landlords from discriminating against tenants based on their source of income including federal housing assistance (i.e., vouchers).

    Enforce existing laws that prohibit landlords from denying a tenant rental housing based on race, physical or mental ability, and family make-up, and expand protections to prohibit discrimination based on sexual orientation, gender expression or identity, immigration status, conviction and/or arrest history, bankruptcy history, eviction history, or credit.

    Require all landlords to keep their properties in good condition, and to ensure homes are accessible for people with disabilities. No renter should have to live in an inaccessible home or in housing conditions that put their health and safety at risk.

    Tenants should have access to information about their landlord including their name and phone number.
    Tenant right to organize: Tenants have the right to form tenants’ unions or resident councils free from fear of retaliation from the landlord or managing agent. Ownership and management representatives must not interfere with the creation or actions of tenant organizations: Landlords must use standardized and clearly defined leases free of abusive terms.

    A team charged with protecting tenants and enforcing their rights in properties with federally backed mortgages.

    The FHFA must continue to engage with and follow the leadership of tenants and people directly impacted by the rental market. Racial and social equity must be explicit goals of all regulations.

    Tenant protections should be applied to all landlords with a federally backed-mortgage and all rental properties, including larger multifamily properties and smaller one-to-four-unit properties. Tenant protections should not be incentivized or volunteer based. Landlords who violate FHFA’s tenant protections should be found to be in technical default and should not be eligible for future loans.