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Albany holds study session on tenant protections; staff to return in January with analysis
Summary
City staff told the council the study session will inform an analysis report on tenant-protection options — including anti-harassment, just-cause eviction and rent stabilization — that will be presented in January for possible ordinance drafting; public comment split sharply between renters seeking protection and small landlords warning of financial harm.
The City of Albany on Monday held a study session and public-comment forum on possible local tenant-protection measures, with staff saying they will compile public input, data and peer-jurisdiction research and return to the council in January with an analysis report.
Planning Manager Leslie Mendez opened the session, saying the discussion implements Housing Element Program 5d and “is specifically to provide the public additional opportunity to express their thoughts and ideas on the value of potential local provisions related to tenant protection policies, specifically anti harassment and nondiscrimination, just cause for eviction, and rent stabilization.” She told the council that staff would present what they heard alongside data and peer research so the council could give direction on ordinance development, programs or enforcement strategies.
The public-comment period ran…
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