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Proposition H Landlord/Renters' Costs City of San Francisco Ordinance, placed on the ballot by initiative petition 168,888 / 57.3% Yes votes ...... 125,642 / 42.7% No votes
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Shall the City's Rent Control Ordinance be amended to limit the types of costs on which a landlord may base a rent increase?
Presently under San Francisco's rent control ordinance, a residential landlord may add or "pass-through" certain costs to increase a tenat's rent, if those costs have been certified by the Rent Board. Such costs include capital improvements, rehabilitation work, energy conservation measures and certain property tax increases. A landlord also may increase the rent based on other costs allowed by the Rent Board, such as additional operating and maintenance expenses. This ordinance would also eliminate pass-through of costs for removal of lead hazards and limit allowable rent increases due to additional operating and maintenance costs to 7%. Proposition H would provide that a landlord could not be denied a rent increase for capital improvements, rehabilitation work or energy conservation measures if that denial would deprive the landlord of a constitutionally-required fair return on the property. Also, Proposition H would require that the voters approve any pass-through of property tax increases from future bond measures.
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