They aim to represent the will of voters who approved ordinanceTenant activists and tenant advocacy groups want to intervene in a federal lawsuit over the city of Saint Paul’s new rent control ordinance. The 63-page motion was filed on October…
The Saint Paul City Council’s first-ever rulings on appeals of rent increases above the 3 percent maximum in the city’s new rent control ordinance had different outcomes for different properties on October 18. Both appeals involved rent increases of close…
Two Saint Paul tenants have appealed to the City Council for relief from recent rent increases of almost 8 percent made by their landlord, Dominium Properties. They are the first tenant appeals under Saint Paul’s new rent control ordinance, which…
The clock is ticking. A new rent control ordinance takes effect on May 1 in Saint Paul, and tenants, landlords and housing developers say they want answers soon for how the city intends to implement the new law. The ordinance,…
Talking to renters in my daily work, which often involves advocating for tenants in unsafe and unhealthy apartment buildings, I was initially surprised to hear again and again that the threat of rent increases is a bigger concern than poorly…
Meanwhile housing justice advocates keep watch for rent hikes as city enforcement lags. In the wake of the new rent control ordinance adopted by Saint Paul voters in a citywide referendum on November 2, there appear to be more questions…
But city is still trying to figure out just when and how new law will take effect. Saint Paul voters approved by a 53 to 47 percent margin on November 2 what may be the most stringent rent control ordinance…
Saint Paul voters will be asked on November 2 whether the city should limit private landlords to annual rent increases of no more than 3 percent. Proponents say the measure is needed to keep housing affordable and protect tenants from…
The Saint Paul Charter Commission had hoped to take a final vote on September 27 and send a proposed charter amendment on administrative citations to the City Council for action. However, because a clause was missing in the language voted…
In the wake of a U.S. District Court ruling that questioned its constitutionality, Saint Paul’s new SAFE Housing tenant protection ordinance was repealed by the City Council on a 4-3 vote on June 23. Council members said they will immediately…
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