Title：疫情期間禁止租金上漲!
Link: https://lptlc.org/rent-increases-during-pandemic-banned/
“The Board of Supervisors unanimously passed legislation on Tuesday to temporarily prohibit rent increases throughout the city and to require certain essential businesses to provide health protections and work schedule flexibilities to employees.
“District 1 Supervisor Sandra Lee Fewer said that emergency legislation to prohibit rent increases during a pandemic ‘shouldn’t be necessary.’
“‘Most landlords would not even think about raising rents on their tenants during a time like this,’ she said. Nonetheless, the legislation was triggered after the San Francisco Apartment Association published advice to its landlord members to not raise rents during the pandemic, according to District 3 Supervisor Aaron Peskin.
“Worried that the Association’s advice might find opposition among members, Peskin said that he and his co-sponsors found it important to legislate to protect tenants.”
“市參事會在周二一致通過了議案。此議案包括短期禁止在全市範圍內增加租金，並要求一些提供基礎服務的企業向員工提供健康保護和靈活的工作時間表。
“第一區市參事李麗嫦說，這個緊急立法在疫情期間禁止租金上漲是“沒有必要的。”
她說：“大多數房東甚至都不會考慮在這樣的時候提高房客的租金。”儘管如此，根據第三區市參事佩斯金的說法，在三藩市樓寓協會向房東們發佈建議以免在疫情期間提高租金後，該立法被啟動了。
“擔心協會的建議可能會在房東中引起反對，佩斯金說，他和他的共同主辦者認為，立法將會對房客的保護非常重要。”
