New rules will protect tenants against landlord harassment, retaliation
Antioch is strengthening its tenant protections with new rules against landlord retaliation and harassment.
And, although state law prohibits harassment of tenants with the intent to get them to leave their home, the city’s proposed anti-harassment rule goes further addressing harmful landlord actions done in “bad faith” or for a reason that’s difficult to prove, according to City Attorney Thomas Lloyd Smith. It also includes situations where a landlord simply wants to avoid an expense or inconvenience of giving a tenant what he wants or needs.
Opponent Rhovy Lyn Antonio of the California Apartment Association, though, said her group had “serious concerns” about the proposal, noting state laws already cover the issues raised. “The punishment is excessive and makes this ordinance very punitive – jail time, excessive fees on top of state law. … You really have to talk among yourselves and see the impact and the message this will be saying to the local housing providers in your city, especially when the applicability of this ordinance extends to all the family-owned and operated properties.
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