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RentReviewAdvisoryCommittee | 2019-06-03 | 3 | Approved Minutes June 3, 2019 Vice Chair Sullivan-Cheah clarified that Mr. Hadwan's stated income of $3,000.00 per month was his net income. Mr. Hadwan added that he can sometimes make extra money working overtime, but overtime was not guaranteed. Vice Chair Sullivan-Cheah asked if there had been improvements made to his unit and Mr. Hadwan said that nothing in his unit had been improved or replaced. Vice Chair Sullivan-Cheah asked Mr. Hadwan what does for a living, and he said he is a janitor. Vice Chair Sullivan-Cheah asked Mr. King to clarify what amount he believed comparable units were renting for and Mr. King said $2,250.00 and they had recently leased two one-bedroom units for $2,404.00. Vice Chair Sullivan-Cheah asked if those units had received upgrades and Mr. King replied that they had new paint, carpet, and some of them had new cabinetry. Mr. King proposed a total rent of rent of $1,785.00, and increase of $157.50 (9.7%), effective 7/1/19, and Mr. Hadwan accepted. 7-A. Case RI1274.1 - 1415 Broadway, Apt. 311 Tenant: Valerie Price and Brad Price Landlords: George Gousios Proposed rent increase: $147.00 (10.0%), to a total rent of $1,617.00, effective May 1, 2019 Ms. Price said she has lived in Alameda for four years with her husband and two children. She said the increase would cause a financial hardship and she believed the owner should not raise the rent because of an ongoing mold problem. She said they have not had access to the pool since shortly after moving in, which she believed was a decrease in housing services, and that should result in a decrease in rent. She told the Committee that their current rent accounted for 35% of their combined income, that the unit was small and had old appliances and fixtures, and that the unit's rent was below market because of the condition of the unit. Mr. Price said that the windows leaked, the bathroom lacked an exhaust fan, there was a tarp covering a leaky ceiling, and their electricity bill had increased after the landlord gave them a dehumidifier to combat moisture in the unit. He added that they had been temporarily relocated during prior remediation work and alleged multiple increases had been imposed within a 12 month period (which the landlord had rescinded and reimbursed) including an increase in their parking fee earlier in the year. Mr. Gousios said that a prior increase was reversed because it was slightly over 5% and the current increase request was less than if they had increased the rent 5% per year over the last two years. He said the rent was below market rate, and he had paid $7,000 remedying the unit's mold problem, and the roof leak was scheduled to be addressed before the next rainy season. He said he thinks the tenants make more | RentReviewAdvisoryCommittee/2019-06-03.pdf |