ADDITIONAL DAYTIME MEETING ADDED AND THE MARCH HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT MEETING HAS BEEN RESCHEDULED

 

Dear Valued Community Members and Partners:

 

The Housing Department has added a daytime meeting to the list of scheduled meetings below to discuss the Draft Ellis Act Ordinance and Tenant Protection Ordinance.  Also, the regularly scheduled Housing and Community Development Commission meeting for March has been changed to March 2.  Please see the updated information below.

 

The Ellis Act Ordinance creates a process that must be followed when a property owner decides to no longer rent their rental property and evicts the tenants. This Ordinance creates a uniform process and timeline for notifying tenants of this change, as well as relocation benefits that must be provided to impacted tenants. To comment on this draft Ordinance, please email EllisAct@sanjoseca.gov.

 

The Tenant Protection Ordinance was originally titled the "Anti-Retaliation and Protection Ordinance." This Ordinance provides protections from eviction for tenants experiencing poor living conditions because of actions or behaviors exhibited by a property owner or manager. To comment on this draft Ordinance, please email TPO@sanjoseca.gov.

 

Please provide written comments on each Ordinance separately to the email addresses listed above or mail to the address below.

 

Deadline to submit written comments: Friday, March 3, 2017, 5:00pm

 

You can also mail comments to: City of San José Housing Department, C/O Rachel VanderVeen, 200 E. Santa Clara Street - 12th Floor, San José, CA 95113.
 

Upcoming Public Meetings

Meeting information for additional community workshops is listed below. The purpose for these meetings is to help members understand the nuts-and-bolts of each Ordinance.
 

 

Housing & Community Development Commission

Thursday, March 2, 2017 -- 5:45pm

Thursday, March 9, 2017 -- 5:45pm

City Hall Wing Rooms 118-120

200 E. Santa Clara Street, San José

Underground parking provided. Enter on 6th Street.

 

The Housing & Community Development Commission will receive a presentation on the two draft Ordinances and will take public comment. 

 

If you have general questions regarding this process, please contact Rachel VanderVeen at 408-535-8321 or rachel.vanderveen@sanjoseca.gov.

 

To request an accommodation for this meeting or an alternative format for any related printed materials, please contact Sara Wright at 408-975-4454 or sara.wright@sanjoseca.gov or 408-294-9337 (TTY) as soon as possible, but at least three business days before the meeting.

 

We hope you will continue to join us as we work together on these ordinances.   

 

Jacky Morales-Ferrand

Director, Housing Department