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Tenants, organizers urge Seaside to consider rental registry and annual inspections; city urges complaint reporting and staff will explore options
Summary
Tenant organizers and residents told council about high rents, habitability problems and abusive landlord practices and urged creation of a rental registry with annual inspections; city staff said Seaside currently lacks a registry, can perform limited life‑safety inspections, and encouraged tenants to report issues while staff explores options.
Seaside — Several speakers raised widespread tenant habitability and rising‑rent concerns during public comment Thursday and urged the City Council to formally consider a rental‑registry program and annual inspections.
Robert Daniels Jr., a neighborhood organizer with Building Healthy Communities, told the council his survey and interviews found high rents, habitability problems and “abusive and oppressive landlord tactics” across the city, including outside traditionally expected neighborhoods. “The city doesn’t know who’s renting, where renting is happening, how much rent is being charged,” Daniels said, arguing the city needs better data to…
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