Title:
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Ordinance amending the Administrative Code regarding owner move-in and relative move-in (“OMI”) evictions to require a landlord seeking to recover possession of a unit for an OMI to provide a declaration under penalty of perjury stating that the landlord intends to occupy the unit for use as the principal place of residence of the landlord or the landlord’s relative for at least 36 continuous months; require a landlord to provide the tenant with a form prepared by the Rent Board to be used to advise the Rent Board of any change in address; clarify the evidentiary standard for finding that an OMI was not performed in good faith; require a landlord to file documentation with the Rent Board regarding the status of an OMI, with a penalty for not filing such documentation, and requiring the Rent Board to transmit a random sampling of such documentation to the District Attorney; extend from three to five years the time period after an OMI during which a landlord who intends to re-rent the unit must first offer the unit to the displaced tenant; provide that a landlord who charges above the maximum allowable rent during the five-year period after an OMI is guilty of a misdemeanor; require the Rent Board to annually notify the unit occupant of the maximum rent for the unit for five years after an OMI, and authorize the occupant to sue for three times any excess rent charged; extend the statute of limitations for wrongful eviction claims based on an unlawful OMI from one year to five years; and making clarifying changes.
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Attachments:
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1. Leg Ver1, 2. Leg Dig Ver1, 3. Referral FYI 041117, 4. Leg Ver2, 5. Leg Dig Ver2, 6. Referral FYI 052317, 7. Comm Pkt 060517, 8. Leg Ver3, 9. Leg Dig Ver3, 10. Comm Pkt 061217, 11. No Comm Report Memo 061317, 12. Leg Ver4, 13. Leg Dig Ver4, 14. Comm Pkt 062617, 15. Leg Ver5, 16. Leg Dig Ver5, 17. Board Pkt 062717, 18. Leg Ver6, 19. Leg Dig Ver6, 20. Board Pkt 071117, 21. Leg Ver7, 22. Leg Dig Ver7, 23. Board Pkt 071817, 24. Leg Final
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