RHA 2023 RENT CONTROL AMENDMENT
The RHA is working to get a critical change to Rent Control on the ballot: vacant units can reset base rent to market rate.
The
amendment, while modest in scope, will have a significant positive impact for
both existing tenants and landlords. It removes incentives for landlords to
increase rents for existing tenants and allows landlords to reset base rents in
vacant units when a tenant has left voluntarily.
Review the summary of our amendment below:
An Act to Improve Tenant Protections
"An Act to Improve Tenant Protections maintains all tenant protections established in the existing Rent Control and Tenant Protections ordinance. The Act removes incentives for landlords to increase rents for existing tenants and discourages no-cause evictions by allowing for the establishment of new Base Rents at the time of a new tenancy, but only in instances when the prior tenant moves out voluntarily. The Act also brings Portland’s rent stabilization ordinance into alignment with most local and national rent stabilization ordinances."
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