"Rent control helps preserve economically and racially diverse cities," Melgar said. "I have always believed it is sound housing policy, giving tenants similar stability and predictable costs that homeowners enjoy with fixed mortgages and Prop 13."
"The Anti-Displacement Coalition fought for the exemption of all rent-controlled housing from the beginning, so exempting 3-unit-plus buildings is a step in the right direction," said Meg Heisler, a policy director at the Coalition."
Mayor Daniel Lurie accepted an amendment exempting buildings with three or more rent-controlled apartments from a citywide upzoning proposal. The amendment, drafted by District 7 Supervisor Myrna Melgar, would exempt roughly 84,000 rental units in 11,500 buildings and any ground-floor retail. The exemption responds to renter and tenant-advocate concerns that upzoning could spur demolition of pre-1979 rent-controlled housing and reduce affordable housing. Advocates characterize the exemption as a step toward preserving economic and racial diversity and tenant stability. The exemption is intended to allow the rezoning effort to still meet the state-required capacity for 36,000 additional units.
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