DATE: December 18, 2025
TO: Housing Policy & Resource Committee
FROM: Deputy Director of Development Services
SUBJECT
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Implementation Update on Hayward’s Rental Housing Programs
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RECOMMENDATION
Recommendation
That the Housing Policy and Resource Committee:
1. Accepts this informational report on the implementation progress of Hayward’s Rental Housing Programs, which consists of the Residential Rent Stabilization and Tenant Protection Ordinance (RRSO), Tenant Relocation Assistance Ordinance (TRAO), Mobilehome Space Rent Stabilization Ordinance (MRSO), and the Residential Rental Inspection Ordinance (RRIP); and
2. Approves staff’s recommendation to return to the full City Council early next calendar year to amend the RRSO to strengthen the fee collection process and to extend the arbitration decision timeline.
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SUMMARY
This report provides an informational update on the RRSO following six years of implementation, MRSO data for the same time frame, TRAO following five years of implementation, and recent data points for the RRIP. This report includes data on petitions for review of rent, as well as rent increase and termination notices, and relocation assistance cases. This report also includes an analysis of evictions in Hayward, using unlawful detainer data from the Superior Court of Alameda County.
Furthermore, staff recommends that the Housing Policy and Resource Committee support amendments to the RRSO to ensure a more robust and efficient cost recovery procedure, and to provide arbitrators with adequate time to conduct a thorough review and to issue decisions for rent review resolutions, as detailed in this report.
ATTACHMENTS
Attachment I Staff Report