TO: Mayor and Members of City Council
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FROM: Council Member Mario Benavente
DATE: November 10, 2025
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City Council Agenda Item Request - Research Tenants Rights Ordinance - Council Member Benavente
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Relationship To Strategic Plan:
Goal IV: Desirable Place to Live, Work and Recreate
Executive Summary:
Direct staff to research tenants’ rights ordinances, similar to those in Charlotte and Durham, to support additions to the local housing ordinances, language that states it is unlawful for a landlord to collect rent for a unit that is “imminently dangerous to health and safety or does not permit any other person to begin occupancy of such place of habitation”.
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City Council Agenda Item Request