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El Ayuntamiento de Alameda Aprueba Moratoria de Aumento de Renta en tumultuosa reunión

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Una reunión del Consejo de la Ciudad de Alameda se tornó violenta sobre una propuesta de moratoria en aumentos de alquiler la semana pasada.

 

 

En la reunión del 4 de noviembre, que duró más de siete horas, el Consejo aprobó por unanimidad una moratoria de 65 días en los aumentos de alquiler por más de ocho por ciento y detuvo desalojos sin culpa.

 

 

 

Un miembro del consejo dijo que era la más grande reunión que la junta había visto nunca, con más de 90 personas que se inscribieron para hablar. Las cámaras del consejo de 15 asientos se llenaron rápidamente y se desbordaron en salas adyacentes, el pasillo, así como la biblioteca cruzando la calle.

 

 

Debido a la política primero-venir primero-servir del consejo para los exponedores, exponedores a favor de la tierra, quienes se habían inscrito temprano, tomó toda la primera hora de deliberaciones y llenó el espacio de asientos en las cámaras.

 

 

Una hora en la reunión, después de escuchar en su mayoría a propietarios hablar, los inquilinos se inquietaron y comenzaron a cantar, “Dejennos Hablar!” Mientras los inquilinos trataron de entrar en las cámaras, se produjo un altercado. El Asistente Provisional del Administrador Municipal Bob Haun resultó herido, y Bob Davis, de 68 años, y Jon Klein, de 64 años, fueron detenidos.

 

 

Davis fue arrojado al suelo por un oficial de policía y recibió una lesión que dejó manchas de sangre en el piso de la alcaldía. Davis fue acusado de agresión de un funcionario público y de resistirse al arresto. Klein fue arrestado bajo sospecha de agresión a un agente de policía y obstruir a un oficial de policía, según un informe de la CBS.

 

 

Tras el incidente, la reunión continuó con grupos alternos de oradores en pro y en contra, lo que permitió tanto a los inquilinos y a los propietarios hablar.

 

 

Muchos propietarios “mamá y papá”, dijeron que cualquier tipo de control de la renta sería debilitante y causaría una división entre ellos y los inquilinos. Muchos afirmaron que mantenían la renta muy por debajo del precio de mercado, y sólo aumentaron los precios cuando fue absolutamente necesario.

 

 

Ellos dijeron que esperaban para dar al Comité Consultivo de Revisión de Alquileres (RRAC) la oportunidad de trabajar.

 

 

El comité de revisión de la renta, que ofrece la mediación, ha existido desde alrededor de 1979. El comité crea un ambiente donde los propietarios e inquilinos pueden hablar entre sí frente a una parte neutral para resolver disputas.

 

 

Sin embargo, las decisiones del comité no son legalmente vinculantes.

 

 

Los inquilinos en Alameda constituyen más del 50 por ciento de los hogares. Un estudio presentado en la reunión del consejo mostró que los precios de alquiler en Alameda habían aumentado un 54 por ciento entre 2000 y 2013.

 

 

El mismo estudio mostró que la renta había aumentado 52 por ciento desde 2011 para 20 edificios residenciales con 50 unidades o más.

 

 

La renta media en la Alameda para el tercer trimestre de 2014 fue $ 2.057 y más de $ 1800 para un estudio.

 

 

Garfield Kincross, que ha vivido en Alameda durante más de 20 años y ha sido un empleado federal por más de 30 años, dijo que recibió un desalojo sin culpa. “Yo podría ser un sin techo si el hotel en San Francisco no me acepta. Yo podría haber terminado viviendo en mi coche, tomando duchas en San Vicente de Paúl. Yo trabajo con el gobierno, y esto simplemente no me sienta bien conmigo”.

 

 

Los alquileres de edificios multifamiliares construidos antes de 1995 no se pueden aumentar más de ocho por ciento durante la moratoria. Estas unidades representan el 70 por ciento de la oferta de alquiler de la ciudad.

 

 

El límite a los aumentos de alquiler es acumulativo y tiene en cuenta los aumentos de alquiler impuestas en los últimos 12 meses. Las casas unifamiliares y condominios están exentas de la moratoria, según el Mercury News.

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