DATE: June 30, 2020
TO: Mayor and City Council
FROM: Deputy City Manager
SUBJECT
Title
Extension of Temporary Evictions Moratorium: Adoption of Emergency Ordinance Amending Temporary Moratorium on Residential and Commercial Evictions to Extend the Moratorium and the Repayment Period
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RECOMMENDATION
Recommendation
That Council adopts an Emergency Ordinance (Attachment II) amending the temporary moratorium on residential and commercial evictions in the City of Hayward for non-payment of rent or mortgage payments caused by the Coronavirus (COVID-19) Pandemic to extend the Moratorium until September 30, 2020 and the repayment period an additional 90 days.
SUMMARY
On March 24, 2020, the City Council adopted a 90-day emergency moratorium on evictions of residential tenants due to non-payment of rent caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and on no-fault evictions, which was repealed and replaced on April 7, 2020 to expand the moratorium to also prohibit eviction of commercial tenants and homeowners facing eviction after foreclosure. The shelter-in-place orders are only partially lifted and high unemployment rates continue. The moratorium period will conclude on July 6, 2020 unless extended by City Council. Staff recommends extending the eviction moratorium until September 30, 2020 and the repayment period an additional 90 days to allow time for tenants’ employment situations to stabilize and tenants to enter into repayment agreements with their landlords.
Enactment of an emergency ordinance would require at least five affirmative votes from the City Council. If only four Council members vote for the proposed ordinance, then adoption would occur at the next City Council meeting and the ordinance would go into effect 30 days after adoption.
ATTACHMENTS
Attachment I Staff Report
Attachment II Ordinance
Attachment III Summary of Current Eviction Moratorium