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renewed since they did not pay the rent the
landlord claimed was due and payable during
the rent moratorium. City Atty. advised that
it appeared the notification may be in violation
of the Little F.T.C. Act which prohibits retalia-
tory eviction, and that, in his opinion, the in-
dividual tenants and the Tenants' Assoc. would
have cause of action, and City perhaps could
have a cause of action in this matter. City
Atty. was authorized to take whatever legal
steps are necessary to protect the rights of
these tenants, including discussion with owner,
to prevent retaliatory evictions. Later in meet-
ing, City Atty. advised that he had spoken with
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agreed to a 30 -day moratorium on renting the
apartments to others, and they would execute
new leases. He also advised that there ap-
parently was a legitimate issue on the dollar
amount paid during the moratorium because a
bond had been posted in court to allow them
to collect the rent increase imposed during
the moratorium; therefore, additional research
into the matter is desired, but the people will
be protected in the interim and further meetings
will be held. 4/4/79
Request of Shepard W. Davis to discuss: im-
plementation of Senate Bill 403. Mr. Davis
and others heard. An ad hoc committee,. to
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be composed of V. M. Weisburd, representatives
of Tenant's Assoc. and M. B. Apartment Assoc.,
and other interested groups to attempt to ar-
rive at a solution of the alleged rental housing
problem without the City's having to go to great
expense trying to implement Senate Bill 403, with
a report to be made to Commission on May 16, 1979.
Both Commissioner Weinstein and Mayor Haber re-
quested some guidance and guidelines from City
Atty. as well as City Mgr. V. Mayor Weisburd
asked that Administration take care of arranging
meetings of the ad hoc committee. 4/25/79