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Committee advances tenant-protection bill; staff and agencies to clarify enforcement pathways
Summary
Committee members voted to move CB 48 forward after a briefing on proposed consumer-protection-style tenant remedies; staff and agencies agreed to follow up on enforcement mechanics and cross-department referrals.
The Planning, Housing and Development Committee voted Oct. 16 to move CB 48 forward, a county bill that would declare certain landlord practices unlawful, including failure to correct substandard conditions, misleading advertising of amenities, failure to maintain essential services and unwarranted tenant fees.
"CB 48 would declare the following practices unlawful, unfair, and deceptive in connection with actions by landlords: failure of the landlord to correct substandard living conditions... misleading advertising of amenities... unwarranted fees assessed by the landlord," committee staff summarized during the briefing.
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