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Council adopts rent-stabilization ordinance after close 4-3 vote; amendments fail
Summary
The council adopted the rent-stabilization ordinance (Ordinance 25-29) after heated public testimony and two failed amendment votes (a 30-year new-construction exemption and a prevailing-wage prerequisite). Final adoption passed 4-3.
After extended public hearings and debate, the St. Paul City Council adopted Ordinance 25-29, the city’s rent-stabilization measure. The final vote was 4 in favor, 3 opposed.
Council members heard hours of public testimony both for and against the ordinance and about proposed amendments. Two amendments proposed during the meeting failed: a motion to change the new-construction exemption from the ordinance’s baseline (20 years) to a 30-year rolling exemption failed on a 3–4 roll call; and a separate amendment that would have made prevailing-wage compliance a prerequisite for any project seeking an…
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