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POR 2024-54

Amendments to the Tenants’ Rights Ordinance recommended by the Law Department, in CMA 2024 #68, be forwarded to the Ordinance Committee for hearing and report

carries proposed ordinance language: lawmaking starts here, but only ordination makes it law
How it started
Apr 8, 2024 · Proposed by Councillor Jivan Sobrinho-Wheeler: a formal request from the Council to the administration.
What happened
Apr 8, 2024 · Held by charter right the city's note: “EXERCISED BY COUNCILLOR TONER”
Apr 30, 2024 · ↪ Sent to a Council committee for closer study (Referred to the ordinance committee, unanimous)
View the roll call

Voted yes (9), unanimous

  • Burhan Azeem
  • Marc McGovern
  • Patty Nolan
  • Joan Pickett
  • Sumbul Siddiqui
  • Jivan Sobrinho-Wheeler
  • Paul F. Toner
  • Ayesha M. Wilson
  • E. Denise Simmons
Roll call of Apr 30, 2024 · from the council’s minutes · photos: City of Cambridge
The document Agenda item attachment · 1 page

Where a landlord or foreclosing owner is exercising a right of lease nonrenewal or expiraƟon, the owner shall give such a writen noƟce prepared by the City of Cambridge at least thirty days prior to commencing any summary process acƟon against the tenant or former homeowner. Such noƟce shall be provided in-hand or by both cerƟfied mail and first-class mail.

8.71.040.2 Notice by the City. The City of Cambridge shall annually publicize the requirements of Chapter 8.71 on the City’s website and through other digital City noƟficaƟons directed at the community, such as daily update e-mails and social media. Also, the City shall annually provide informaƟon about the requirements of Chapter 8.71 at a City sponsored community event/program that is organized to provide informaƟon about housing resources. The City may publicize and provide informaƟon at events/programs about the requirements of Chapter 8.71 more frequently.

🗓 The meeting where this was taken up: Apr 8, 2024