If you can, send an email to the below address to stop this horrible proposal by these two SJ City Council Members….Please consider doing this, even if you don’t have any investment properties in the City of San Jose. Stopping this proposal is in every property owners benefit! You are encouraged to forward the Call To Action to everyone in your sphere who could benefit. Thank You, Steve
Oppose the San Jose City Council’s Effort to Prohibit Owners from Collecting Rent
A proposal by San Jose City Councilmembers Carrasco and Peralez would prohibit rental property owners from collecting any rent from tenants who have suffered a COVID-19 related income loss. The ordinance, proposed to last 90 days, would make it illegal for a property owner to recover any lost rent after the ordinance expires.
Carrasco and Peralez are asking the council to enact this emergency ordinance on Tuesday, April 5, and make it retroactive to April 1, 2020. If approved, landlords would likely have to refund any collected rent from impacted tenants. The ordinance also could be extended after the 90-day period ends.
CAA Tri County argues that this ordinance is blatantly illegal, as it violates state and federal law, and is likely unconstitutional. The illegality of the proposal, however, hasn’t deterred the authors from attempting to rush its approval.
Property Owners Need to Speak Up. Here’s How:
Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, council meetings occur virtually, so CAA needs impacted property owners to email their opposition to the ordinance, which will be entered into the record as a public comment. The council needs to hear that you are doing what you can to assist your tenants in this difficult time but that you also still have an obligation to pay your mortgage bill, maintenance costs, utility bills, and payroll to support your employees and vendors. Moreover, council members need to understand that forbearance doesn’t relieve you as the property owner of your financial obligations.
To have an impact, you must email your comments to [email protected] by 12:00PM, Tuesday, April 7. Below is a draft letter that you can send as-is or personalize:
Dear Mayor Liccardo and City Council members,
I am a property owner in San Jose who has worked hard to care for my building and the residents who call my building home. Like my residents, I worry about the impact the COVID-19 pandemic is having on our community. As a housing provider, I want to keep my tenants housed while continuing to pay my vendors and employees. However, the proposal authored by Councilmembers Carrasco and Peralez places me in financial peril and essentially stops me from working with my tenants to develop a plan through which we can all come out of this crisis with our homes and the ability to pay our bills.
I am working with every tenant impacted by the COVID-19 crisis. While deferring rent may be necessary temporarily, being forced to forgive rent would leave me unable to pay the mortgage, my employees in our rental community or the vendors who service the units. The domino effect of this proposal is catastrophic.
As an owner of rental units, I can seek SBA assistance or mortgage forbearance, however, these requests take time to materialize, as I am not the only one trying to get help and there is no guarantee I will get approved for this assistance
I ask the City Council to focus on real solutions to this crisis, such as financial assistance to tenants to help them pay rent or to landlords who are deferring rent.
FORWARD THIS MESSAGE
Share this alert with other San Jose rental housing providers and operators to make them aware of this proposal. If you have questions, do not hesitate to contact Anil Babbar at (408) 342-3509 or email [email protected].
If you can, send an email to the below address to stop this horrible proposal by these two SJ City Council Members….Please consider doing this, even if you don’t have any investment properties in the City of San Jose. Stopping this proposal is in every property owners benefit! You are encouraged to forward the Call To Action to everyone in your sphere who could benefit. Thank You, Steve
A proposal by San Jose City Councilmembers Carrasco and Peralez would prohibit rental property owners from collecting any rent from tenants who have suffered a COVID-19 related income loss. The ordinance, proposed to last 90 days, would make it illegal for a property owner to recover any lost rent after the ordinance expires.
Carrasco and Peralez are asking the council to enact this emergency ordinance on Tuesday, April 5, and make it retroactive to April 1, 2020. If approved, landlords would likely have to refund any collected rent from impacted tenants. The ordinance also could be extended after the 90-day period ends.
CAA Tri County argues that this ordinance is blatantly illegal, as it violates state and federal law, and is likely unconstitutional. The illegality of the proposal, however, hasn’t deterred the authors from attempting to rush its approval.
Property Owners Need to Speak Up. Here’s How:
Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, council meetings occur virtually, so CAA needs impacted property owners to email their opposition to the ordinance, which will be entered into the record as a public comment. The council needs to hear that you are doing what you can to assist your tenants in this difficult time but that you also still have an obligation to pay your mortgage bill, maintenance costs, utility bills, and payroll to support your employees and vendors. Moreover, council members need to understand that forbearance doesn’t relieve you as the property owner of your financial obligations.
To have an impact, you must email your comments to [email protected] by 12:00PM, Tuesday, April 7. Below is a draft letter that you can send as-is or personalize:
Dear Mayor Liccardo and City Council members,
I am a property owner in San Jose who has worked hard to care for my building and the residents who call my building home. Like my residents, I worry about the impact the COVID-19 pandemic is having on our community. As a housing provider, I want to keep my tenants housed while continuing to pay my vendors and employees. However, the proposal authored by Councilmembers Carrasco and Peralez places me in financial peril and essentially stops me from working with my tenants to develop a plan through which we can all come out of this crisis with our homes and the ability to pay our bills.
I am working with every tenant impacted by the COVID-19 crisis. While deferring rent may be necessary temporarily, being forced to forgive rent would leave me unable to pay the mortgage, my employees in our rental community or the vendors who service the units. The domino effect of this proposal is catastrophic.
As an owner of rental units, I can seek SBA assistance or mortgage forbearance, however, these requests take time to materialize, as I am not the only one trying to get help and there is no guarantee I will get approved for this assistance
I ask the City Council to focus on real solutions to this crisis, such as financial assistance to tenants to help them pay rent or to landlords who are deferring rent.
FORWARD THIS MESSAGE
Share this alert with other San Jose rental housing providers and operators to make them aware of this proposal. If you have questions, do not hesitate to contact Anil Babbar at (408) 342-3509 or email [email protected].
抗议州里在讨论的一个bill，也是两个不食人间烟火的议员提出的，即房东不可因为房客不交房租而开始任何讨要租金的行动，否则罚款5000或坐牢6个月, or both。这难道不可笑？房客们白住房东的房子，房东们去监牢里住。
当时马上联署了，还转发给其他房东。但大家估计也没什么太大的用处，政客们要讨好上百万房客，房东们势单力薄，更在媒体的bias报导中，被污化为为富不仁的黄世仁。但现在这个世道，杨白劳们是老板，地主们还要往村公所、钱庄等地交粮，没有余粮啊。