March 14, 2019


Dear Valued Community Members and Partners, 

You're invited to attend an upcoming policy discussion on the Ellis Act Ordinance. The purpose of this meeting is to discuss possible amendments to the Ordinance. This ordinance applies to situations when a landlord or developer plans to demolish a rent stabilized apartment to build a new housing development. 

On February 5, 2019, City Council asked staff to bring back research on "recontrol," which occurs when newly built apartments are subject to rent control because the apartments replaced previously rent controlled apartments. The current Ellis Act Ordinance says: 
  • 50% of new apartments built, or the same number of apartments were removed from the market, are subject to the City's Apartment Rent Ordinance; and 
  • An owner may seek an exemption from these recontrol requirements if 20% of the new apartments are built on-site as deed-restricted affordable rental housing consistent with the City's Inclusionary Housing Ordinance. 
To provide input on the research requested by the City Council, please attend the upcoming meeting:

Wednesday, March 20, 2019
6:00 - 8:00 PM 
Seven Trees Community Center
3590 Cas Dr, San Jose, CA 95111

A printable flyer is available here. If you have questions, please contact the Rent Stabilization Program at 408-975-4462 or [email protected]. 

Sincerely, 

Jacky Morales-Ferrand
Director of Housing

City of San José - Housing Department

408-535-3860