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File #: 25-0213    Version: 1
Type: Mayor's Request Status: Approved
File created: 2/10/2025 In control: City Council
On agenda: 2/13/2025 Final action: 3/6/2025
Enactment date: 2/27/2025 Enactment #: 218412
Title: Requesting approval of a Home Rule Petition to prevent landlords from passing realtor's fees on to tenants.
Indexes: City Clerk, Law
Code sections: Home Rule Petition -
Attachments: 1. Somerville Broker Fees HRP

Agenda Summary

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Requesting approval of a Home Rule Petition to prevent landlords from passing realtor's fees on to tenants.

 

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Official Text

To the Honorable City Council:

 

The Mayor respectfully requests that this Council approve a home rule petition to ensure that landlords who engage realtors to rent out their residential apartments do not pass the cost of their realtor's fees onto prospective tenants.

 

The legal text of the petition is attached.

 

Appropriate staff will be available to answer any questions you may have. Thank you for your consideration of this matter.

 

Respectfully,

Katjana Ballantyne, Mayor