From: Abajian, Suzie
To: Golanian, Roubik
Cc: Garcia, Michael; Calvert, Bradley; Cortes, Karen
Subject: FW: Please vote NO on Agenda Item 8B, the Rental Rights Program Date: Tuesday, November 28, 2023 7:52:50 PM
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From: David Kissinger <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, November 28, 2023 3:45 PM
To: Brotman, Daniel <[email protected]>; Kassakhian, Ardashes <[email protected]>; Asatryan, Elen <[email protected]>; Devine, Paula <[email protected]>; Najarian, Ara <[email protected]> Cc: Astorian, Greg <[email protected]>; [email protected]; Abajian, Suzie <[email protected]>
Subject: Please vote NO on Agenda Item 8B, the Rental Rights Program
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Dear Mayor Brotman and Honorable City Councilmembers:
You may be aware that GAOR speaks in opposition to Agenda Item No. 8b on tonight’s City Council Agenda, “Ordinance Amending Chapter 9.30 (Rental Rights Program)”. While all parties working on this issue support the same interest in improving the affordability and availability of housing stock, it is GAOR’s belief that the statute set forth in this proposed ordinance would unwittingly hinder those efforts. As such we respectfully urge the City Council not to proceed with the Staff Report as written.
There are a number of concerns that we would like to share. In particular, a qualifying renovation timeframe longer than 30 days is effectively its own mini-moratorium. A substantial portion of housing providers in Glendale and Greater Los Angeles are “mom-and-pop” investors and many of them provide housing in the critical “missing middle” – that is, duplexes, triplexes and four-plexes.
These housing providers are not well-heeled corporations but rather individual entrepreneurs who are in business to provide housing units and earn enough living to support themselves.
Many such housing providers do not have sufficient resources to sustain a longer timeframe. We are concerned that impacted housing providers would be forced to sell or remove their units from the market. It is clear that a reduction of available housing units would be a detriment to our community.
The Glendale Association of Realtors is committed to the Glendale Community and we are grateful for the long-standing and collaborative relationship we share with the City of Glendale and other public agencies. We are looking forward to continuing this important work with you and I am confident that we can make progress toward our collective goal of housing in Glendale.
Kind regards,
David Kissinger, MBA, RCE
Chief Executive Officer
Glendale Association of REALTORS®
www.GAOR.org
(818)241-2184