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Supervisors advance ordinance to restore rent control for FD Haines residents
Summary
The Land Use & Transportation Committee moved a proposal to restore rent-control protections for tenants at Frederick Douglass Haines and close a financing loophole that officials say allowed steep rent increases; the measure was amended and advanced to the full Board of Supervisors.
Supervisor Dean Preston introduced an ordinance to amend the city administrative code so tenant-occupied units that receive low-income housing tax credits or tax-exempt multifamily revenue bonds remain subject to San Francisco’s rent ordinance while any existing tenant remains in place unless all tenants opt out in writing. "No one should have their rent control ripped away without having any say in the process," Preston said.
The measure grew out of complaints from residents at Frederick…
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