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Rental Housing Strategies#

Following a Council Work Session in October 2021, staff has begun exploring implementation of three interrelated strategies in the Housing Strategic Plan:

  • Strategy 20 - Explore the option of a mandated rental license/registry program for long-term rentals and pair with best practice rental regulations
  • Strategy 21 - Explore revisions to occupancy limits and family definitions in order to streamline processes and calibrate the policy to support stable, healthy, and affordable housing citywide
  • Strategy 26 - Develop small landlord incentives

This work seeks to address the Greatest Challenge that "housing policies have not consistently addressed housing stability and healthy housing, especially for people who rent." 

Council is currently considering adoption of a Rental Housing Program. More details about the program are available at the link below.

Details of Proposed Rental Housing Program

Timeline#

All three of the strategies being explored are "transformational" strategies in the Housing Strategic Plan. This means we expect that they will take 2+ years to fully implement.

Council Work Session - Rental Housing Strategies
Public Engagement
Council Work Session - Rental Housing Program
Program Design
Council First Reading - Rental Housing Program
Rental Housing Program Information Session
Council Work Session - Scaled Options for Rental Housing Program
Council First Reading - Rental Housing Program
Council Second Reading - Rental Housing Program
Council Work Session - Occupancy

Share your thoughts!#

Do you have comments, questions, or ideas to share about the Rental Housing Strategies work? Please share your thoughts below. We would love to hear from you!

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