City of Redmond - File #: AM No. 22-112

• File #: AM No. 22-112
• Type: New Business
• Status: Passed
• File created: 6/14/2022
• In control: City Council
• On agenda: 7/19/2022
• Final action: 7/19/2022
• Title: Adoption of an Ordinance Creating a new Chapter 9.54 of the Redmond Municipal Code to Adopt Tenant Protections 1. Ordinance No. 3091: An Ordinance of the City of Redmond, Washington, Creating a New Chapter 9.54 of the Redmond Municipal Code to Adopt Tenant Protections Increasing Notice for Rent Increases, Capping Late Fees, Capping Move-In Fees and Deposits, and Authorizing Tenant Payment Plans; Providing for Severability; and Establishing an Effective Date

Date	Action By	Action	Result
7/19/2022	City Council	approved as amended	Pass
7/12/2022	Committee of the Whole - Finance, Administration, and Communications	referred
7/5/2022	City Council	referred
6/21/2022	Committee of the Whole - Public Safety and Human Services	referred

TO: Members of the City Council
FROM: Mayor Angela Birney
DEPARTMENT DIRECTOR CONTACT(S):
Planning and Community Development
Carol Helland
425-556-2107

DEPARTMENT STAFF:
Planning and Community Development
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TITLE:
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Adoption of an Ordinance Creating a new Chapter 9.54 of the Redmond Municipal Code to Adopt Tenant Protections

1. Ordinance No. 3091: An Ordinance of the City of Redmond, Washington, Creating a New Chapter 9.54 of the Redmond Municipal Code to Adopt Tenant Protections Increasing Notice for Rent Increases, Capping Late Fees, Capping Move-In Fees and Deposits, and Authorizing Tenant Payment Plans; Providing for Severability; and Establishing an Effective Date


OVERVIEW STATEMENT:
recommendation
In April 2022, A Regional Coalition for Housing (ARCH) requested the Mayors and Councils of ARCH member jurisdictions to consider a set of tenant protections to address the economic impacts of rent increases that are anticipated in our region. The ARCH request letter and Executive Board resolution are included with this memorandum as Attachment A.

The federal Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) recently released new area median income (AMI) tables that will increase the basis by which rents are calculated for affordable housing programs in the region. Based on preliminary data, ARCH expects that the newest adjustments in the HUD AMI could create rent increases for low-income tenants of up to 16 percent.

The City continues to pursue longer-term strategies to address the shortage of affordable housing consistent with the recommendations contained within the Housing Action Plan (HAP). However, there were also short-term actions in the HAP that included advocacy for state-level eviction reforms; and, Council also identified "increase(d) tenant protections and resources for renters" as a high priority outcome in its 2022 Retreat Priorities.

In response to Council direction received at the June 21 Public Safety and Human Se...