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File #: 208626    Version: 1
Type: Ordinance Status: Placed on File
File created: 7/8/2019 In control: City Council
On agenda: 7/11/2019 Final action: 9/26/2019
Enactment date: 9/26/2019 Enactment #: 208626
Title: Requesting approval of an Ordinance to be known as the Housing Stability Notification Act.
Code sections: Ordinance Not Zoning -
Attachments: 1. 2019-housing stability notification act 7 3 19
Related files: 208941

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Requesting approval of an Ordinance to be known as the Housing Stability Notification Act.

 

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To the Honorable City Council:

 

I hereby submit for your Honorable City Council's consideration and approval  (1) the "Housing Stability Notification Act" (new) to require landlords to provide information on tenants rights and resources to Somerville residents whose tenancies are being terminated and (2) an amendment to Ordinance 1-11 to establish a fine for failure to comply with this new Ordinance.

 

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

 

Respectfully Submitted,

Joseph A. Curtatone, Mayor

 

 

NOTE:  See #208941 for the approved text of this Ordinance.