Oakland tenants accept a adventitious to abate the amount that rents go up by
speaking up to the Oakland Hire Adjustment Board as it untangles the
distinction amid aliment (not anesthetized through to increase
tenant rent) and basic improvements (can be anesthetized through).
Some credibility you can make:
The Hire Program has accustomed owners to stick tenants with the amount of nearly
anything by slapping a "capital improvement" characterization on it. The analogue needs
to be anchored to abbreviate what qualifies as a basic improvement.
Seismic retrofits are aliment not basic improvements; San Francisco and
Berkeley do not acquiesce them to be anesthetized to tenants, neither should Oakland.
A majority of Oaklanders are renters. The positions of the Oakland Tenants Union
deserve appropriately greater weight than the baby percent who are landlords.
Owners are compensated for basic improvements by the access in
proper ty amount so it makes no faculty to let them bifold their money by
passing them through to tenants.
Painting and reroofing are consistently maintenance, not a basic improvement.
The burghal website charge be adapted to abolish painting as a basic improvement.
The Hire Board affair is Thursday September 11 7PM at
Oakland Burghal Hall, Hearing Room 1, One Frank Ogawa Plaza, abreast Broadway & 14th.
http://www2.oaklandnet.com/Government/o/hcd/o/RentAdjustment/index.htm
Rent Board associates are:
Michael Bowie mab1472 [at] yahoo.com
Ramona Chang mlsbook [at] yahoo.com
Noah Frigault noah.frigault [at] sfgov.org
Edward Lai edward.lai9 [at] gmail.com
Benjamin Scott bscott [at] adventpropertiesinc.com
Tyfahra Singleton tyfahra [at] gopublicschools.org
Beverly Williams Beverly.Williams [at] ceb.ucla.edu
For added info: Oakland Tenants Union http://www.oaklandtenantsunion.org
Title : Oakland tenants to Rent Board: don't accord landlords chargeless ride
Description : Oakland tenants accept a adventitious to abate the amount that rents go up by speaking up to the Oakland Hire Adjustment Board as it untangl...