As part of the City of Concord’s recent Housing Element update, which was approved by the State, the City Council committed to adopting rent stabilization and just cause for eviction policies to address tenant displacement.
At a special meeting on Tuesday, January 30 at 6:30 p.m. in the Council Chamber, the Concord City Council will consider a revised version of a draft Ordinance establishing Rent Stabilization (also referred to as Rent Control) in Concord and update Concord regulations on Just Cause for Eviction. The revised draft ordinance would amend Concord’s existing Residential Tenant Protection Program to include the proposed rent stabilization and just cause for eviction provisions.
- Public Comment will be taken by the Council at this meeting. You must be present in person to participate in oral public comment. Please see the City’s agenda website on how to submit written public comment in advance of the meeting.
- The staff report will be available on the City’s agenda website no later than Friday, January 26 at 5 p.m. The new draft Ordinance is currently being written by staff based on past Council direction.
- Information on past Council discussions on this topic can be found by reviewing the Council meetings of January 9, 2024 and December 12, 2023.
Everyone who owns property subject to either rent stabilization or just cause protections would be required to register their unit(s) with the City of Concord annually and pay a yet-to-be-determined annual registration and administration fee.
These are complicated new regulations being proposed and the Council has been discussing them for many months, and some of these proposed policies will affect single-family homeowners.
If you are interested in this important policy topic, please take the following steps: (1) review the information provided in the links above, (2) register on the interested parties e-mail list by emailing Sophia.Huckabay@cityofconcord.org, and (3) attend the Council meeting on Tuesday, January 30. Only people attending in person will be allowed to speak at the meeting. You may also send comments on this topic directly to CityClerk@cityofconcord.org. Comments received prior to 3 p.m. on Jan. 30 will be distributed to Council before the meeting, posted online, and inserted into the meeting record.
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“Rent Stabilization” = RENT CONTROL
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Landlords should adjust their rents prior to the ordinance taking effect.
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already did that, the City of Concord just caused my tenants to be brought to market rate. They had been paying well below market because I’m very happy with them and they’re great tenants, but I won’t get stuck in a below market rent control calculation.
So, elections have consequences, and the tenants are paying more because more people in Concord think liberalism is the answer to everything. I’m sorry to say they’re literally paying the price now.
Rent control is not “liberalism;” government constraints on market participants’ discretion are by definition illiberal.
How about adding, “housing cost stabilization” with rules about water utilities and power companies not being able to constantly increase the rates. They can use all the ‘broken record’ sayings they use for renters and apply it to home owners.
Multi family building owners where the units share certain utilities and should include a lease provision for pro rata allocation of operating expenses to renters.
Wouldn’t have to do anything like this if you would just control immigration and shut down the border….maybe you guys failed the basic supply and demand section in economics? I always forget all these people are bought and paid for either locally or internationally. Just a big joke and guess what jokes on you average tax payer/property owner.
Open borders lowers the cost of services for us. It’s basic supply and demand. If there is an excess supply of low wage workers then it will cost a dime for a dozen of them, slaving away on your behalf. They will do so willingly as the alternative is to be left standing on the sidewalk in front of Home Depot.
City approves 3 large garbage rates increases in a row, two of them close to double digits. They have doubled sewer rates in last 5 years.
State just approved 20% insurance tate increases and they want to control rent?
If you pay 2500 in rent a 2% increase is 50$, water, garbage, sewer, property taxes, insurance goes up double that a year.
Why stop there? Why don’t they force landlords to pay for all their utilities, food etc. (sarcasm). Sadly it will never be enough. We need to vote these people out before they ruin this city!
Do you own a home in Concord? I was shocked when I learned the proposed regulations include single family homes and condos owned by individuals. ‘Just cause” eviction requirements including many thousands of dollars of relocation expenses, new annual fees, and significant delays and costs if you just want to move back into your home or sell it.
I watched the last two council meetings. Councilmember Nakamura is leading the charge to get Oakland-style rent control and eviction restrictions implemented and Councilmembers Birsan and Aliano are going along with it.
I happen to agree poor tenants deserve adequate notice and help with relocation, but these proposals are extreme and will have many unintended negative consequences for renters as well as landlords.
There are a lot of homeowners who need to rent out their homes for a few months or a few years. Temporary job relocations, grandma going to a long term care facility…yet these regulations treat all rentals, even single family homes, as permanent rentals.
Please contact the council, especially if you are represented by these three councilmembers. Send your emails regarding the Jan 30 meeting.
Cityclerk@cityofconcord.com
Just cause should be because I WANT TO AND IT IS MY PROPERTY. What the liberals are doing is slowly ruining everything and eroding our rights.
That email address does not register.
Sorry, should be .org, not .com: cityclerk@cityofconcord.org
From the article, it sounds like this is part of a housing plan that has to be approved by the state. What alternatives were available to the city? Maybe if they hadn’t screwed up the Naval Weapons Station development, the City would have had enough additional housing- including low income housing – to avoid rent control. I don’t know if that’s the case, but I would like to understand more about why this being done. I agree we don’t have enough affordable housing, but rent control isn’t the answer.
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