14:35:24 From Laura Golino de Lovato to Everyone: thank you Ian and Christian!! 14:37:52 From Justin Barrieault to Everyone: Justin.barrieault@portlandoregon.gov 14:54:28 From Amber Cook to Everyone: A rental registry would require all landlords to register their properties and the rents they are charging 15:00:10 From Amber Cook to Everyone: Not a discussion Q, but I'm wondering, if it exists, why did we not get data from it when we got the v, questionable rent increase data that only came from [Something Star]? I thought we got that extrapolated national data because there was none available for the city. 15:01:02 From Breonne DeDecker to Everyone: Hi Amber, the City's rental registry does not collect rent information 15:01:52 From Stephanie Phillips Bridges to Everyone: works for me 15:02:10 From Amber Cook to Everyone: (Thanks, Laura said we already had that, so I wanted to clarify) 15:06:17 From Vivien Lyon to Everyone: I agree with Angelita 15:13:20 From Stephanie Phillips Bridges to Ryan Davis(Direct Message): Hi Ryan, I am switching devices and will be joining from sphillips161@hotmail.com 15:13:36 From Ryan Davis to Justin Barrieault(Direct Message): That's fine. I'll admit you when you join 15:13:47 From Ryan Davis to Justin Barrieault(Direct Message): Whoops, wrong direct message 15:14:20 From Christian Bryant to Everyone: 10% is the limit in the relocation fee ordinance that gives the tenant the option to decide to move and get paid the relocation fee. It isn’t an official legal cap that says you can’t raise it more than 10% in portland. I am thinking that is the 10% you were thinking of. 15:17:07 From Vivien Lyon to Everyone: I would be in favor of that 15:17:26 From Angelita Morillo to Everyone: I am also in favor of that 15:21:43 From Stephanie Phillips Bridges to Everyone: 👍 15:22:31 From Laura Golino de Lovato to Everyone: Thank you all! 15:27:40 From Amber Cook to Everyone: Thank you 15:28:40 From Angelita Morillo to Everyone: SB 611 has way more expansive protections for renters. It lowers the rent cap to 3% + Consumer Price Index, but sets a maximum increase at 8% no matter the CPI. 15:29:06 From Vivien Lyon to Everyone: Thank you for providing that, Angelita 15:29:34 From Laura Golino de Lovato to Everyone: https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2023R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB611/Introduced 15:30:44 From Matthew Maline to Everyone: We can recommend things to City Council. I don’t think we can recommend things to the State. 15:31:33 From Vivien Lyon to Everyone: I don't think that's what Angelita was proposing - it seemed to me that she was proposing we recommend to city council that they support a particular bill 15:31:53 From Regina Amodeo to Everyone: I have to step away for a moment- brb 15:34:24 From Angelita Morillo to Everyone: I like that idea Vivien 15:42:45 From Christian Bryant to Everyone: Its only tracked when a relocation fee is triggered 15:44:55 From Angelita Morillo to Everyone: That’s a great point Allen. The suggestion to adjust RELO by number of years is moot if landlords can just self select to report or not report. (Sorry can’t say this out loud and interrupt people just wanted to support the registration idea) 15:46:46 From Amber Cook to Everyone: My understanding is that organizations like CAT & PTU were “discovering" Lls who had raised the rent above the legal limit in their work with renters, so it's easy to hide rent raise abuses without a rental registry 15:48:57 From Angelita Morillo to Everyone: I thought our last letter to the Commissioner requested adjustments to RELO based on inflation 15:49:15 From Christian Bryant to Everyone: City of portland does charge a tax to landlords as businesses so technically there is room for possible city level tax credits or exemptions for landlords. It isn’t a large tax, but it is something within the city jurisdiction 15:50:34 From Stephanie Phillips Bridges to Ryan Davis(Direct Message): stepping away for a brief moment 15:51:50 From Breonne DeDecker to Everyone: The City rental tax is part of the rental registry system and funds the Rental Services Office 15:55:24 From Stephanie Phillips Bridges to Ryan Davis(Direct Message): I'm back 16:01:47 From Christian Bryant to Everyone: I assume that we already confirmed that the city staff confirmed that they can support a half hour longer meeting? 16:05:45 From Laura Golino de Lovato to Everyone: Yes, I believe so Christian. 16:07:15 From Laura Golino de Lovato to Everyone: We can do NEW letters!! 16:10:07 From Christian Bryant to Everyone: FYI - I have to change devices so will log out, but will be logged back in shortly. 16:14:11 From Angelita Morillo to Everyone: back 16:15:07 From Vivien Lyon to Everyone: I'm here, just having wifi issues 16:15:42 From lisa pfeffer to Everyone: lisa pfeffer 16:17:26 From Christian Bryant to Everyone: If others aren’t present that signed up then we can always finish any other topics we have on agenda and then ask for those names again. Might have connection issues 16:18:21 From Vivien Lyon to Everyone: Can we ask questions of the folks who provide testimony? 16:18:36 From Breonne DeDecker to Everyone: yes 16:19:04 From Angelita Morillo to Everyone: Here’s the link to the landlord mediation program https://www.portland.gov/phb/rental-services/eviction-help-renters/landlord-tenant-mediation 16:32:13 From Vivien Lyon to Everyone: thank you Lisa and Barbara 16:33:03 From lisa pfeffer to Everyone: thank you vivien 16:39:23 From Vivien Lyon to Everyone: thank you Sherry, that was illuminating 16:43:09 From Christian Bryant to Everyone: I would agree with this point as well that there is a real gap for people to overcome between homeless, housed, and self- reliant 16:49:16 From Matthew Maline to Everyone: A matrix would be helpful. People tel me they call 211 and are told nothing is available. 16:52:24 From Laura Golino de Lovato to Everyone: 211 can be really hard to navigate 16:52:35 From Vivien Lyon to Everyone: people lose hope really quickly with 211 16:54:08 From Laura Golino de Lovato to Everyone: Yes. Direct referrals are the best