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�35g ��, <br /> AGENDA (continued) ACTION TAKEN (continued) <br /> PUBLIC HEARINGS (continued) • PUBLIC HEARINGS (continued) <br /> 3 a (continued) 3 a (continued) <br /> and to add an additional allocation of $800 00 <br /> for the Senior Informatton and Referral Program <br /> Carned unammously by voice vote <br /> (MINUTE ORDER NO 78-244) � <br /> b expansion of Housing Rehabilitation Report of City Manager 10/17/78 ' <br /> program <br /> _ Blossom Kidwell, 19 Eagle Hill, Women's Inter- <br /> nationa League - Comnunity Needs Task Force, <br /> stated that her organization does not believe two <br /> 1 years is an adequate period during which rents <br /> may not be increased by landlords who have taken <br /> advantage of low interest rehabilitation loans <br /> She suggested that all landlords should be re- <br /> quired to partictpate in the Section 8 rent <br /> subsidy program also <br /> Susan Jackson, Legal Rid Society, 2221 Broadway, <br /> attorney representing two low income residents, <br /> also ob,iected to the two-year prohibition against <br /> ratstng rents and urged more stringent conditions <br /> favorable to low income renters be required of <br /> those obtaining low interest rehabilitation loans <br /> It was pointed out that Such loans must now be <br /> made available to multiple as well as owner- <br /> occupied dwelltngs so that mixed neighborhoods <br /> can be effectively rehabilitated, that only land- <br /> lords who would not be able to obtain regular <br /> bank loans will be granted the loans, that the <br /> loans must be made attractive to property owners, <br /> that it is desirable for the City to have property <br /> rehabilitated before it deteriorates beyond re- <br /> pair, that the annual rate of "lost" property <br /> through deterioration is high in Redwood City <br /> where housing is needed, that there is no reason <br /> to believe that rents would not be raised any <br /> time without rehabilitation, that the proposed , <br /> two-year prohibition against raising rents pro- <br /> vides some protection for renters, that only some <br /> $2-300,000 is available for the entire program <br /> this year, and that if the program is not made <br /> simple, no much needed rehabilitation will occur <br /> at all <br /> Domim c Pereira, South County Social Justice <br /> Cormmttee, read a letter from Father James T <br /> Casey suggesting the two-year prohibttion does <br /> not protect poor tenants sufficiently <br /> Diane Gunn (see above) suggested property owners <br /> be prohibited from raising rents for the entire <br /> period of the loan <br /> Frank Sheetz, 1403 East Bayshore, ob,7ected to <br /> the two-year prohibitton <br /> Reg Mtg <br /> 11/6/78 <br /> Page 3 <br /> , <br /> 1��� <br />