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RentReviewAdvisoryCommittee | 2018-06-06 | 5 | Approved Minutes June 6, 2018 After a recess, as the parties did not reach an agreement, they took their seats in the audience. Vice Chair Sullivan-SariƱana said he did not believe a 10% increase would be warranted even if it were stepped, as it might force the tenant out of her home. He added that finding a new job was not necessarily easy and that the consequences for the tenant paying a rate too high were greater than the consequences for the landlords if they did not get the full increase they were requesting. He stated he believed a $50 increase for six months, plus $74 additional dollars for the second six months, was a good option. Member Murray stated that a $50 increase for the first six months would mean that the second step would be too high to make it a 7.5% increase. Chair Cambra asked the Committee members if they were comfortable with starting at a $50 increase for six months. Member Murray said she would be and added that she thought the second six months should add an additional $75 to the rent, which would take the total increased amount to a 7.5% total over the course of the year. Member Friedman stated that a $50 increase for the first six months would give the tenant an increase she would be comfortable with, and bringing the rent up to a total of 7.5% in the second six months would give the landlord an amount they had earlier expressed was acceptable for them. Member Griffiths proposed a $50 increase for the first eight months, then an additional $115 for the last four months of the year. He pointed out this would give the tenant an extra two months of lower rent while she's looking for permanent, higher paying work, and give the landlords the full rent increase they were seeking in the last four months. Vice Chair Sullivan-SariƱana stated that he does not believe the base rent should be raised by 10% over the course of the year as it would be under Member Griffith's proposal. Member Murray said she would favor Member Griffith's proposal over ones previously proposed. Member Griffiths said his proposal is based off 1. The immediate need of the tenant, 2. That the landlords said they were comfortable with a 7.5% increase throughout the year, and 3. It gets the rent where the landlords wanted it to be by the end of one year. He added that he was open to additional proposals. Page 5 of 7 | RentReviewAdvisoryCommittee/2018-06-06.pdf |