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A <br />MH <br />ting lalosalianrt <br />February 4, 2018 <br />BOSH!) of DIRECTORS Seat Via Email; City Clerk Maria Ituizar-- mhuizar@santa-ana.org <br />santa-ana.org <br />4reridim 1 o"M <br />l41411111rd <br />hood Als q. n <br />lira AWMI <br />• Rent controlled units cause stagnation and etrcourages tenants paying bela)y- <br />FAIM` RTh <br />Honorable Mayor Miguel Pulido <br />lh <br />4 <br />KIthI„ rAN61114Ff <br />Members of the Santa Ana City Council <br />8, rIan <br />City of Santa Ana <br />I.Wian f1stli'l <br />22 Civic Center Plaza <br />'agwmi <br />�""``"' <br />A'anHietla <br />Santa Ana, California 92701 <br />#Erin <br />jfil} hmfi Rp <br />ILJG <br />— <br />RE: Agenda item: Work Study Session --Rent Control Oppose <br />IAM NiAiQ9 <br />• Rent controlled ap p artntents and rupbhome >�lle harks all into disrepair because <br />zee anu� <br />the owners cannot afford to maintain the units lvith ever increasing <br />Idinlrlm <br />Dear Mayor Pulido and Members of the City Council: <br />rtprmd afembers <br />All on has to do is visit New York City to see abandoned rent -controlled <br />114 Oelurtfi <br />apartments to know this statement is a fact. The City of Yucaipa wants to closed <br />find bld1.ui44mid <br />The Manufactured Housing Educational Trust_(MFIET) represents the manufactured <br />n li 1 <br />housing community owners of Orange, Riverside and San Bernardino County. As a <br />Coxig ll"w'r <br />clod IAV <br />regional organization, MkIET is a resource for cities, manufactured community owners <br />jdvilary calf„ nume <br />and residents and is pleased to have worked with the City of Santa Ana over the years to <br />Wtfl Phokooe <br />address housing issues, <br />JolloRuth, <br />Ras*Thomas <br />I wy Nvow r <br />We recognize that the Study Session on Rent Control is designed to present the Council <br />rant 1WR(nellra <br />F,d Nalw <br />with information on the subject. This is a subjrrct that has hada wealth of studies done <br />J. It phinp, <br />Ih t o Muni <br />on examples of experimentation with controlling rents and why it is a failed public <br />policy. We appreciate the Council's effort to become better informed on rent control <br />)'RIi7IifK{lriF� <br />Atiek GOW11 <br />and also appreciate your consideration of the following facts. supporting our opposition. <br />(111 i V rdl boAller <br />8"3" Joa+A <br />, <br />ulet�IM&N, all <br />. Rent Control reduces landlord's incentives to rent out their apartments, <br />JAM.MIRfairiz:, <br />Kdlh wA c <br />I have a friend whose daughter's mother-in-law owed apartments in Santa <br />N-al0l"ftx <br />r bon Oil kr It <br />Monica. Because of rent control she took the units off of the market, This is a <br />asad0E10l4ze <br />Ullwit (1rilb <br />common occurrence in fent controlledjurisdictions. <br />tt�a tasrnDn,y <br />ZI1.(/2i1ttlF <br />IFremrar <br />• Rent controlled units cause stagnation and etrcourages tenants paying bela)y- <br />Award Ille.ciiieaftx <br />sqfma(IaaRa <br />market rents to stay in the unit even after they can well afford to prove. <br />Jen"A°" <br />Another friend brags that his daughter, an attorney, is really lucky because she <br />N <br />N NuA' <br />has a cheap Santa Monica rent controlled apartment next to the beach. Rent <br />Um <br />j,"G In <br />Qh.(f(fii <br />control pits present renters against all future seekers of housing, sets high and <br />.1?EY} <br />flaw, Z.K�A�a <br />3c� <br />middle-income against low-income families. <br />#Erin <br />{'loft <br />tVktx <br />riBare and RFpofxd <br />• Rent controlled ap p artntents and rupbhome >�lle harks all into disrepair because <br />deraldRnrtgtettu <br />the owners cannot afford to maintain the units lvith ever increasing <br />Ia11 113;all <br />maintenance and 1'el}aiC costs aacl bellow market Y21t1S. <br />lain lt�wi <br />Pavlllms"a: <br />All on has to do is visit New York City to see abandoned rent -controlled <br />c, Ofivimars„ <br />31 <br />apartments to know this statement is a fact. The City of Yucaipa wants to closed <br />d6q! <br />J <br />mew <br />lu' ftlm <br />rundown mobile home parks which sit in disrepair because of the city's rent <br />hwiae <br />6titlotiLL <br />control laws, <br />F:rraMtavrTlirRctor <br />4v.kir'fA9rT.°VI/Non) drNidmSoitol:n+6ariatat JIM,,!'RHlondaPkwlt NA Y0 2(11e}fr fn+"IR)AIIII, <br />Email, hIMee"Walmit a ITHItdC: wtoo'dOxrara <br />Solelllenz Gattjonfiu JUIGT Serrdrty Oranye, Puierside and Sfata I enturditio t onnl€cs sdaaec 14W <br />