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Committee hears initial briefing on proposed tenants'right'to'counsel ordinance

Springfield Urban Redevelopment & Infrastructure Committee · January 13, 2026
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Summary

Councilman Brandon Jensen presented a draft ordinance and staff said they will prepare a follow'up presentation comparing current landlord'tenant default law with the proposed ordinance, gather local filing statistics where possible and review other municipal examples such as Kansas City.

The committee received an initial briefing on a proposed tenants'right'to'counsel ordinance brought forward by Councilman Brandon Jensen. Staff said the first step would be to present the baseline of default landlord'tenant law, walk through the councilman's proposed ordinance and provide comparative examples (Kansas City was referenced) for committee feedback before…

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