Rent Board Rules and Rent Increase Regulations
At a glance
- What: Draft amendments to the Rent Board's rules of procedure, including a narrower public accessibility rule, and proposed regulations for rent increase petitions: required evidence, alternate base years for owners who lack 2019 records, management expense caps and treatment of banked rent.
- Where it stands: The rules amendments were accepted unanimously on October 14, 2026, pending a second reading and vote and then council approval. The petition regulations remain with a subcommittee.
- Next: Another workshop on worked examples and other cities' practices; open items include allowable legal expenses and base-year adjustment rules.
Log
2026-10-14 - Rent Board Workshop
The board voted unanimously to accept the draft rules of procedure amendments, which limit online posting to the summary sheet and a redacted application form. A subcommittee presented proposed evidence requirements, fallback base years, a 10% of gross income cap on owner-manager management expense and options for valuing owner-performed labor. Banked rent was discussed without a vote.