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Housing committee extends temporary moratorium on renovation-related evictions to June 1, 2025
Summary
The committee approved a 3-0 extension of an interim municipal code provision temporarily prohibiting evictions tied to substantial residential remodels, directed staff to return a report within about 60 days and heard strong public calls to extend protections further and make them retroactive to pending cases.
The Housing Committee voted 3-0 to extend an interim municipal code provision temporarily prohibiting evictions that arise from substantial residential remodels until June 1, 2025, and directed staff to return a report on a permanent policy within roughly 60 days.
The measure, introduced as an extension to an existing interim ordinance, responds to repeated public testimony that landlords have used renovation claims to displace tenants and that some tenants have been left without housing even though the advertised upgrades did not occur. Dozens of public commenters urged the committee to lengthen the moratorium to December 2025 and to make protections retroactive to tenants who already face pending eviction cases.
Ana Ortega of the Department of Housing…
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