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Tenants urge Dayton to adopt anti-retaliation protections after nonrenewal notices at Park Lane
Summary
Multiple tenants and a housing attorney told the commission they faced retaliation—nonrenewal notices and locked community rooms—after forming a tenant union at Park Lane; the attorney said she has drafted an anti-retaliation ordinance similar to measures in Columbus and Cincinnati.
Several residents described what they said were retaliatory actions by Park Lane management after tenants organized a union, including locked common areas, new house rules restricting meetings and nonrenewal notices issued to active organizers. "We are the president and an active member of the tenant's union with a non renewal notice," Alexander Stone said during public comment.
Christie Ortiz, managing attorney for ABLE, told commissioners she has drafted proposed non-retaliation legislation modeled on ordinances adopted in other Ohio cities and urged the commission to consider it. Ortiz said tenants have experienced mold, leaking garage levels and unsafe conditions and that current local code does not address mold explicitly; she offered to provide ordinance text to staff and the commission. Commissioners expressed interest in reviewing tools to protect organizing tenants and directed staff and legal counsel to accept the draft ordinance and follow up.
