Hayward City Council will be holding a “worksession” to discuss creating a rental registry, a simple and cost-effective database cities use to:
- Prevent unjust evictions, illegal rent increases, and people falling into homelessness
- Create safer buildings and living conditions by streamlining rental inspection operations
- Provide the city with data to make better decisions on future housing policy
We are asking that the City of Hayward will join cities like Alameda, Berkeley, Concord, Mountain View, Oakland, Palo Alto, and San Jose in creating a rental registry to better protect our most vulnerable residents and the 63,000 renters across our city. Meet us outside City Hall at 6:30PM!
Learn more about a Hayward Rental Registry here: join.haycocoa.org/rent
Our Demand:
Direct staff to begin immediate development of a STRONG rental registry ordinance as part of the City's strategic roadmap that is:
Enforceable: Has the appropriate rules and penalties in place to ensure landlords comply with reporting requirements. Data shows that stronger enforcement leads to higher compliance rates in other cities compared to cities with weaker enforcement.
Fully-funded: We understand that this registry may be funded by a fee increase. Landlords should cover this fee exclusively to protect cost-burdened renters in Hayward.
Effective: The registry must collect enough information to make it useful to staff, policymakers, renters and mobile home residents while being sensitive to privacy concerns.
If the City of Hayward is serious about protecting renters, racial justice, preventing homelessness, and addressing the housing crisis, it needs meaningful data and rules to ensure that landlords comply with current and future housing laws.