Details Meeting Name: Committee on Housing and Buildings Agenda status: Final Meeting date/time: 6/27/2019 1:00 PM Minutes status: Final   Meeting location: Council Chambers - City Hall Published agenda: Agenda Published minutes: Minutes   Meeting video: Video   Attachments: CLICK ANY FILE # BELOW (in blue) TO ACCESS LEGISLATION AND ATTACHMENTS Meeting Items (15) 15 records Group Clear sorting Clear grouping Group by Type Group by Result Export Export to Excel Export to PDF Export to Word Show: All agenda items Legislation only All agenda items File # Ver. Prime Sponsor Agenda # Agenda Note Name Type Summary Action Result Action Details Multimedia                     Roll call Not available Int 1423-2019 * Keith Powers   Proposed Int. No. 1423-A Limiting the fees charged in a rental real estate transaction. Introduction This bill would limit the fees that individuals can collect in a rental real estate transaction. Individuals would be prevented from collecting fees from prospective tenants that are above the value of one month’s rent. Hearing Held by Committee   Action details Not available Int 1423-2019 * Keith Powers     Limiting the fees charged in a rental real estate transaction. Introduction This bill would limit the fees that individuals can collect in a rental real estate transaction. Individuals would be prevented from collecting fees from prospective tenants that are above the value of one month’s rent. Amendment Proposed by Comm   Action details Not available Int 1423-2019 * Keith Powers     Limiting the fees charged in a rental real estate transaction. Introduction This bill would limit the fees that individuals can collect in a rental real estate transaction. Individuals would be prevented from collecting fees from prospective tenants that are above the value of one month’s rent. Laid Over by Committee   Action details Not available Int 1424-2019 * Keith Powers     Limiting rental security deposits to one month of rent. Introduction This bill would limit the amount that individuals, corporations, or entities can collect as a security deposit in a rental real estate transaction to the value of one month’s rent. Hearing Held by Committee   Action details Not available Int 1424-2019 * Keith Powers     Limiting rental security deposits to one month of rent. Introduction This bill would limit the amount that individuals, corporations, or entities can collect as a security deposit in a rental real estate transaction to the value of one month’s rent. Laid Over by Committee   Action details Not available Int 1431-2019 * Carlina Rivera   Proposed Int. No. 1431-A Requiring the return of security deposits within 14 days of the end of a lease. Introduction This bill would require commercial or residential landlords to return security deposits, less any lawful deductions, to the tenant within 14 days of the end of the lease. Hearing Held by Committee   Action details Not available Int 1431-2019 * Carlina Rivera     Requiring the return of security deposits within 14 days of the end of a lease. Introduction This bill would require commercial or residential landlords to return security deposits, less any lawful deductions, to the tenant within 14 days of the end of the lease. Amendment Proposed by Comm   Action details Not available Int 1431-2019 * Carlina Rivera     Requiring the return of security deposits within 14 days of the end of a lease. Introduction This bill would require commercial or residential landlords to return security deposits, less any lawful deductions, to the tenant within 14 days of the end of the lease. Laid Over by Committee   Action details Not available Int 1432-2019 * Carlina Rivera     Transparency in residential rental application fees. Introduction This bill would require apartment brokers to disclose an itemized explanation of how any application fee collected as part of applying for an apartment will be spent. Any person who collected such an application fee without making the required disclosure would be subject to a civil penalty of $150. Hearing Held by Committee   Action details Not available Int 1432-2019 * Carlina Rivera     Transparency in residential rental application fees. Introduction This bill would require apartment brokers to disclose an itemized explanation of how any application fee collected as part of applying for an apartment will be spent. Any person who collected such an application fee without making the required disclosure would be subject to a civil penalty of $150. Laid Over by Committee   Action details Not available Int 1433-2019 * Carlina Rivera     Providing tenants the option of paying a security deposit in six equal monthly installments. Introduction For residential tenancies that are six months or longer, this bill would provide tenants the option of paying a security deposit in six, equal, consecutive monthly installments added to the first six rental payments, respectively. Tenants with a shorter term tenancy of less than six months would be permitted the option of paying equal, consecutive monthly installments provided that the number of installments match the number of months of the tenancy. This bill could alleviate hardships associated with the requirement to pay a security deposit in one lump sum. Hearing Held by Committee   Action details Not available Int 1433-2019 * Carlina Rivera     Providing tenants the option of paying a security deposit in six equal monthly installments. Introduction For residential tenancies that are six months or longer, this bill would provide tenants the option of paying a security deposit in six, equal, consecutive monthly installments added to the first six rental payments, respectively. Tenants with a shorter term tenancy of less than six months would be permitted the option of paying equal, consecutive monthly installments provided that the number of installments match the number of months of the tenancy. This bill could alleviate hardships associated with the requirement to pay a security deposit in one lump sum. Laid Over by Committee   Action details Not available Int 1499-2019 * Carlina Rivera     Provision of tenant screening reports. Introduction This legislation would prohibit any individual from charging a prospective tenant a fee in order to obtain a tenant screening report when the individual knows the unit is not or will not be vacant for such prospective tenant to lease. This bill would also require such individual to provide an applicant with the tenant screening report as long as the required fee has been paid, regardless of whether or not a lease has been signed. This legislation would also require the Department of Consumer Affairs to conduct a feasibility study on whether the city could establish its own tenant screening report system. Hearing Held by Committee   Action details Not available Int 1499-2019 * Carlina Rivera     Provision of tenant screening reports. Introduction This legislation would prohibit any individual from charging a prospective tenant a fee in order to obtain a tenant screening report when the individual knows the unit is not or will not be vacant for such prospective tenant to lease. This bill would also require such individual to provide an applicant with the tenant screening report as long as the required fee has been paid, regardless of whether or not a lease has been signed. This legislation would also require the Department of Consumer Affairs to conduct a feasibility study on whether the city could establish its own tenant screening report system. Laid Over by Committee   Action details Not available