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<br />e <br /> <br />developer should try to find similar and available housing instead of offering <br />comparable housing. He said some developers will try harder than others to <br />find similar and available housing and it is important to force a developer to <br />find comparable housing. He said the rental housing market is similar now to <br />the 1980 market and the City should retain the comparable housing requirement <br />to see how it works in a tight rental market. <br /> <br />Mr. Van Landingham said tenant displacement is a direct result of converting <br />apartments to condominiums and a developer should pay the costs of relocating <br />tenants. He said payment would be similar to unemployment compensation which <br />requires employers to pay the costs of unemployment regardless of who is at <br />fault. He said the costs of relocating tenants while converting apartments to <br />condominiums is a cost of doing business and is similar to user fees. He said <br />the City cannot pay the relocation costs of converting apartments to <br />condominiums. He said conversion of apartments to condominiums does not add <br />to the housing supply. He offered to help with the results of the revisions to <br />the ordi nance. <br /> <br />Joseph Dehn, 5340 Saratoga, said recent trends have been to take away the <br />rights of property owners. He said the Planning Commission1s recommendations <br />will somewhat reverse that trend. He said making the enforcement of contracts <br />and rights to property dependent on the age of people is age discrimination <br />and an unequal application of laws. <br /> <br />e <br /> <br />Mr. Oehn said rental leases indicate that tenants rent a unit for a specific <br />time and renting property is different from owning property. He said owning <br />property should mean an owner can keep or sell the property as the owner <br />wishes. He said the comparable housing and lifetime lease provisions of the <br />existing ordinance give renters the right to occupy property for the rest of <br />their lives. <br /> <br />Mr. Dehn said rental housing in Eugene could be increased by changing the <br />unreasonable restrictions on locating buildings, unreasonable zoning <br />regulations, and unfair subsidies for some types of rental properties. He <br />said an unregulated rental housing market would result in equal supplies of <br />rental and owner-occupied housing. He said the existing controls establish <br />special privileges for a few tenants and cause deterioration of the rental <br />housing market in Eugene. He said drastic rent controls in large cities have <br />almost destroyed the rental housing markets and controls on housing for the <br />elderly discourages the construction of housing which elderly people would <br />find satisfactory. <br /> <br />Charles Strong, 1080 Patterson, No. 307, said he moved to Patterson Tower <br />three months ago because of the conven i ence, commun i ty atmosphere, and <br />security. He said he is a member of the Eugene Commission on the Rights of the <br />Aging and was involved in the development of the existing Condominium <br />Conversion Ordinance. He said it has served well for seven years. <br /> <br />Mr. Strong said none of the Planning Commission recommendations favor <br />tenants, four recommendations favor tenants and developers equally, and ten <br />recommendations are detrimental to tenants. He said the recommendations favor <br />building owners. He said the existing ordinance deals with human concerns. <br /> <br />e <br /> <br />MINUTES--Eugene City Council <br /> <br />February 9, 1987 <br /> <br />Page 5 <br />