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one-year term for a lease affords the tenant protection against rent increases during that <br />term. Tenants also have the option of selecting a six month lease term that a landlord <br />must consent to as an alternative to the minimum one year lease term. However, while <br />a landlord is required to offer a tenant a new lease at the end of the succeeding lease <br />term (if the landlord chooses to renew the lease with that tenant), the landlord is free to <br />demand whatever rental rate the market will bear at the time of lease renewal. The <br />recommendations below are based on right to lease/minimum lease terms ordinances <br />adopted by the City of Menlo Park in 2016 and by the City of Mountain View. Mountain <br />View’s ordinance was subsequently repealed by initiative. <br /> <br />Rationale for the HHCC Recommendations: <br />(1) Provide more stability for tenants. <br />(2) Provide flexibility for the tenant and the landlord (when they can agree on an <br />alternative time-frame for renting the unit). <br />(3) Avoid creating disincentives for accessory dwelling units (minimum project <br />size recommended is 3 units). <br />(4) No constraints on landlord raising rents at the end of the lease agreement <br />and each time the lease agreement is renewed. <br />(5) Both Menlo Park and Mountain View considered smaller properties (“Mom <br />and Pop” landlords) as having lower rents, and less ability to absorb cost <br />increases and the reduced flexibility associated with minimum lease <br />requirements as compared to larger rental developments. Menlo Park applied <br />8.A. - Page 4