Title
Study Session: Rent and the Treatment of Utilities in the CSFRA and Ratio Utility Billing Systems
Recommended Action
That the Rental Housing Committee (RHC):
• Receive a presentation on the definition of “rent” and the treatment/inclusion of utilities as part of the rent as stipulated in the Community Stabilization and Fair Rent Act (CSFRA).
• Receive information about the use of Ratio Utility Billing Systems (RUBS) by landlords to separately bill utilities for CSFRA tenants, causing monthly fluctuations in rent.
• Provide initial input on and parameters for developing a potential strategy to address the use of RUBS in order to increase compliance with lawfully imposed rents and rent increases under the CSFRA.