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1 home because renters are mare transi tory. Medica/, fire or po/ice stoff 2 would know more detoil on the occupant once into the entry. Moybe this is not 3 necessary and cou/d be revised to have a cent�al database that those 4 officiols hove occess to fo� emergency situations. 5 6 13. Would prefer to see a truth in housing regulation that requires owner 7 disclosure of home maintenance issues upon the resale of property. Staff 8 Response - This option continues to be studied by the HRA and staff and moy 9 be an additional aption to address imp�ovement of an aging housing stock 10 when there is o resa/e. In lieu of onnuol inspection, and considering that 30% 11 of the units turn over onnuQlly, could this also work for renta/housing when it 12 becomes vacant.� 13 14 14. Wh4t does this program do for me? Staff Response - The program would 15 protect owners//ondlord's, who do take ca�e of tireir property, their 16 investment in their home and obility to compete in the open market to rent it 17 They, like any other resident, would be protected from a neighboring 18 owner/londlord who is not taking care of the property. Staff periadica/ly 19 gets calls {rom rentolproperty buyers wha are specifically looking for 20 distressed' praperties to purchase and rent out. Unfortunately when they do 21 buy them they often only do minimal maintenance on them and the property 22 remains an eyeso�e in the neighborhaod - as the homeowner soid who 23 comp/ained obout the rental property he lives by on Rosedale Orive. In 24 oddition, the "3 strikes (offenses) you're out"provision has proven to be 2S helpful to /and/ords wanting the background and data needed to evict problem 26 tenants 27 28 15. Why were the rental property owners eliminated from the invite to the 29 neighborhood meetings? Staff Response - They were not e/iminated but 30 inc/uded in the mailings. The neighbarhood meetings were odvertised /ike 31 other public meetings - through news/etter, paper ondsome direct moi/. The 32 HRA used the neighborhood block coptain network to advertise. In addition, 33 wonting ta make sure rental properties were invited, the HRA sent specific 34 invites to allnon-homesteod addresses. 35 36 16. Would like to see an exemption to the ordinance for rentnl properties where 37 the owner lives on the parcel or in the attached duplex unit adjacent to the 38 rental property? These owners do not want to live next to run down nnd 39 unkept property and are very picky on who they rent to. Staff Response - 40 Staff has no t specifica//y seen comp/oints rega�ding these types of duplexes 7