KPIX KPIX 5 News At 5AM April 19, 2016
Chief among them the Housing Department is asking for a cap on annual rent increases by tying it to inflation which is years past is no more than 2. 8 a year. Right now the law allows landlords to raise rent 8 a year and rent control would affect a third of apartments in san jose. 11 people on the council and everyone has some proposal. Some want to compromise and cap it at 5 or 6 , others want an antiretaliation ordinance that would allow tenants to report Code Violations without getting evicted. If a landlord pushes a tenant out for some reason for a higher paying tenth, they want consequenc...