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That the City Manager is requested to confer with the Community Development Department and the City’s legal services providers on establishing a system of information-sharing and/ or alternative method for making available that data which may be of beneficial use to the City in analyzing displacement

POR 2019 #20·Council meeting Jan 14, 2019·2 pages·📄 Original PDF (city portal)
1 Example Eviction Outcome Variables for Legal Services Providers 1. Prevented eviction 2. Prevented eviction/occupant retained possession 3. Prevented or delayed eviction 4. Tenancy Preserved 5. Obtained other favorable outcome in a housing case 6. Summary Process filing avoided 7. Overcame illegal eviction (e.g. lockout) 8. Delayed eviction 9. Delayed eviction up to 3 months 10. Delayed eviction 3-6 months 11. Delayed eviction 6-9 months 12. Delayed eviction 9-12 months 13. Delayed eviction 12-18 months 14. Delayed eviction more than 18 months 15. Obtained access to housing 16. Prevented Denial of Public Housing 17. Overcame illegal charges by landlord 18. Obtained relief and/or damages resulting from fraudulent landlord actions such as cross metering and illegal charges 19. Overcame denial of tenant's rights under lease 20. Enforced tenant's rights to decent, habitable housing 21. Obtained repairs to dwelling 22. Obtained damage for and/or correction of bad housing conditions 23. Prevented lockout or utility termination by landlord 24. Enforced security deposit rights 25. Obtained monetary damages or rent abatement 26. Obtained order/judgment for money damages
2 Example Eviction Outcome Variables for Legal Services Providers 27. Prevented denial of public housing tenant's rights 28. Prevented housing discrimination 29. Obtained relief for illegal housing discrimination 30. Obtained reasonable accommodation of Tenant disability 31. Avoided foreclosure or other loss of home 32. Prevented or delayed foreclosure 33. Advice, brief services or referral on a Housing matter 34. Prevent Subsidy Termination 35. Prevented Termination from public housing 36. Obtained or Preserved a housing subsidy 37. Prepared Pleadings/Court Paperwork 38. Obtained access to affordable housing unit 39. Obtained offer of public/subsidized housing unit 40. Obtained access to other housing 41. Alternate Housing obtained 42. Obtained temporary/emergency stay of execution 43. Tenant/Occupant removed by constable 44. Obtained determination eligible public/subsidized housing 45. Obtained offer of public/subsidized housing 46. Obtained representation in a housing case with no other outcome