Landlords in the city believe housing rights shouldn’t supersede property rights.
Housing has become increasingly a part of a human rights agenda over the past decade, with the latest example coming from the city of San Diego.
According to an article by Phillip Molnar, the San Diego City Council is considering a resolution to declare housing as a human right among a package of tenant protections and other housing policy reforms.
“Draft language of the resolution declared San Diego would support policies to keep people housed through affordable, accessible, and habitable homes. Small landlords, and landlord groups, raised concerns about the policies and hoped proposals would be reworked before they are voted on,” reports Molnar.
The resolution has already encountered opposition. Jeff Faller, president of the landlord group Apartment Owners Association of California, is quoted in the article expressing concerns that housing rights might trample on property rights.
A more complete list of the tenant protections under consideration by the city can be found at the source article below.
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