Rent Stabilization Commission

Habitability Comes to the Rent Stabilization Commission

November 3, 2021 Mark Elliot habitability standard, Rent Stabilization Commission

The Beverly Hills Rent Stabilization Commission on November 3rd will discuss a rent stabilization ordinance amendment concerning a new habitability standard for rent-stabilized housing, housing inspections and other policies related to maintenance of the rental housing stock. This is not the first city policy discussion about it. Fifteen years ago City Council considered and rejected a rental housing inspection program that might have made all the difference to tenants today. Will this time be any different?

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Rent Stabilization Commission Recommends End to Moratorium Protections

October 25, 2021October 26, 2021 Mark Elliot eviction moratorium, no-fault moratorium, Rent Stabilization Commission, rent-increase moratorium

If the Rent Stabilization Commission has its way, all moratorium protections for tenants that were enacted during the pandemic would come to an immediate end. Commissioners have recommended to City Council that payment of full rent should resume — and that no-fault evictions and evictions for nonpayment should go forward too. Rent increases would also resume as early as December if City Council agrees at its October 26th meeting.

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RSO Commission Special Meeting: Moratorium and Relocation Fees

September 12, 2021September 12, 2021 Mark Elliot no-fault moratorium, relocation fees, Rent Stabilization Commission, rent-increase moratorium

The Beverly Hills Rent Stabilization Commission will hold a special meeting on Monday, September 13 at 6 pm to discuss COVID–19 moratoriums on no-fault eviction and rent increases as well as potential amendments to the rent stabilization ordinance concerning relocation fees. It is a special meeting because the last regular meeting was cancelled. And it is carryover business because both issues have already been discussed but not resolved.

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It is Premature to End COVID-19 Tenant Protections

August 31, 2021 Mark Elliot no-fault moratorium, Rent Stabilization Commission, rent-increase moratorium

The Beverly Hills Rent Stabilization Commission on September 1st will likely decide whether to recommend to City Council that tenant

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RSO Commission to Discuss Modifications to COVID Emergency Order

August 31, 2021August 31, 2021 Mark Elliot no-fault moratorium, Rent Stabilization Commission, rent-increase moratorium

The Beverly Hills Rent Stabilization Commission has been busy since it was reconstituted in August with new tenant representatives. The commission first recommended bringing to an end the city’s moratorium on eviction for nonpayment. Then it took tentative steps toward allowing a double rent increase while trying to cushion the impact on tenants. Now at the upcoming September 1st meeting the commissioners will decide whether to end or amend the other emergency tenant protections: the moratoriums on rent increases and no-fault evictions. Is it time for those protections to end?

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Relocation Fees Come BACK to RSO Commission

August 29, 2021August 30, 2021 Mark Elliot relocation fees, Rent Stabilization Commission

Relocation fees returns to the Rent Stabilization Commission for more discussion at the upcoming September 1st meeting. The commission is discussing it because City Council tasked the commission with making a recommendation as to what, if any, change should be made to the fees provided to tenants when they are evicted due to no fault of their own. But the commission has grappled with this complicated issue four times already. Will any recommendation emerge from this next go-around?

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Next Up for Rent Stabilization Commission: Moratoriums on Rent Increase and No-Fault Eviction

August 14, 2021October 27, 2021 Mark Elliot no-fault moratorium, Rent Stabilization Commission, rent-increase moratorium

The moratorium on rent increases and the moratorium on no-fault eviction will return to the Rent Stabilization Commission in September for additional discussion and a likely recommendation to the city council to end or amend those COVID-era tenant protections. Indeed commissioners at the last meeting seemed ready to end the moratorium on rent increases as soon as October. Here’s what transpired. Will commissioners also give the nod in September to allowing no-fault evictions to proceed?

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RSO Commission Recommends Moratorium on Eviction for Nonpayment to End

August 10, 2021August 11, 2021 Mark Elliot COVID-19, eviction moratorium, Rent Stabilization Commission

The Beverly Hills Rent Stabilization Commission has recommended that city council sunset our local moratorium’s prohibition on eviction for nonpayment as soon as September 30th. The recommendation was suggested by the Apartment Owners Association and supported by landlord representatives on the commission and it passed by a vote of 4-2. If city council agreed then we could see local tenant protections end as soon as Sacramento decides to sunset its own moratorium. Will the commission follow with a recommendation to end the prohibition on rent increases and no-fault evictions too?

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Relocation Fees Up for Discussion at RSO Commission AGAIN

August 4, 2021August 4, 2021 Mark Elliot relocation fees, Rent Stabilization Commission

Our newly reconstituted Rent Stabilization Commission will discuss the relocation fee again. Pursuant to direction from city council, the commission is to make a recommendation to council concerning the fee schedule. Today it ranges from $7,000 to $16,000 depending on the size of the unit and the tenant. The fee is paid compensation to Beverly Hills rent-stabilized tenants when they are involuntarily terminated for reasons described in our rent stabilization ordinance. Are the fees too little, too much, or about right?

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City Council Poised to Make RSO Commission Appointments [updated]

July 10, 2021July 19, 2021 Mark Elliot Kandace Lindsey-Cerqueira, Kathy Bronte, Rent Stabilization Commission, Zachary Sokoloff

City Council has moved quickly after the Rent Stabilization Commission imploded in March to appoint two designated tenant representatives to replace the departing representatives who resigned. The city’s priority is clearly to get the commission back up-and-running, so as soon as the application period closed the council conducted the interviews. Now the appointments recommendation is coming forward for council approval. Let’s see who is tipped for those seats!

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RSO Commission Seeks Tenant Representatives [Updated]

June 9, 2021June 27, 2021 Mark Elliot Rent Stabilization Commission

The city is seeking two residents who rent housing in Beverly Hills to join the Rent Stabilization Commission. The commission has been tasked by city council to make recommendations concerning certain amendments to the rent stabilization ordinance and to adjudicate certain appeals. In addition to two tenants, this unusual six-member commission includes designated seats for two landlords and two ‘at-large’ members (neither tenants nor landlords). No experience is necessary!

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