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Property manager warns green rental ordinance could raise rents and prompt sales of small landlords' units
Summary
During public comment, Evelyn Roberts, a licensed real estate agent and property manager, told the Renters Commission that compliance costs for a proposed green rental-housing ordinance could be prohibitive, estimating $45,000–$80,000 per unit for upgrades and warning those costs could be passed to tenants or force small landlords to sell.
Evelyn Roberts, a licensed real estate agent and property manager who said she is experienced in the Ann Arbor market, urged the Renters Commission on Feb. 20 to consider economic impacts before the city moves forward on a proposed Green Rental Housing Ordinance developed by the Office of Sustainability and Innovation.
Roberts told the commission that the ordinance’s compliance requirements — including insulation upgrades, heating and cooling system replacements and appliance electrification — would impose "substantial upfront cost to…
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