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Supervisor Christensen asks City Attorney to draft legislation to add rent‑controlled units within existing buildings in District 3
Summary
Supervisor Christensen asked the City Attorney to draft legislation to allow creation of additional apartments and 'in‑law' units within existing buildings in District 3 to add rent‑controlled housing stock.
Supervisor Christensen on April 28, 2015 asked the City Attorney to prepare legislation aimed at adding and preserving housing in District 3 by allowing additional units to be created within existing buildings.
Christensen said the legislation would support adding so‑called "in‑law" units and apartments within larger pre‑1979 buildings—housing stock that is predominantly rent‑controlled in her district—and highlighted the importance of adding units in areas with good transportation and walkability. She said many of the new units would likely be added on ground floors, making them more accessible to seniors and people with disabilities, and that existing building owners had expressed interest in participating.
Christensen framed the work as a way to add housing without altering the neighborhood's historic character. The request was presented as an instruction to the City Attorney's office to draft the legislation; no formal vote on the legislation is recorded in the April 28 transcript.
