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Board advances tenant hardship reforms as mandatory seismic retrofits move forward
Summary
The Board of Supervisors advanced two ordinances on first reading to speed Rent Board hardship decisions for tenants facing rent pass-throughs tied to mandatory seismic retrofits and to make technical corrections to the retrofit program.
The Board of Supervisors on Tuesday advanced two related ordinances on first reading that address tenant financial hardship claims tied to mandatory seismic retrofits for certain soft‑story wood-frame buildings.
Supervisor David Chiu (President Hsu in transcript) and co-sponsors presented the ordinances to shorten the rent-board hardship application timeline and to add technical amendments to the city’s mandatory seismic retrofit program. The board took the items together and passed them on first reading.
Why it matters
Under the existing process, the rent-board hardship exemption procedure can take up to five months from application to decision — about three months for a hearing to be scheduled and two…
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