Relief Extended Again for Qualified Renters Affected by COVID-19

Effective July 29, 2020, the City Council has taken new action to further extend an emergency ordinance that temporarily halts evictions until September 30, 2020, for renters and certain commercial tenants affected by the pandemic.

• New emergency ordinance
• Press release

The City Council first adopted an emergency eviction moratorium in March amid the COVID-19 outbreak and issued an extension of the ordinance in May.

To help prevent the spread of COVID-19 and keep the community and employees safe, City Hall, including the Development Permit Center and Neighborhood Resource Center, is closed to the public until further notice.  

Housing and Neighborhood Services will continue to process general phone inquiries, housing resource referrals and affordable housing loans for developers.

The following services will continue with a modified format:

• Pending grant applications
• Processing of Home Improvement Rebates
• Processing of Commercial Improvement Rebates
• Affordable housing monitoring
• Neighborhood Leadership Program training
• Developer meetings (via Webex video conferencing)

The following services are temporarily unavailable:

• In-person meetings
• Neighborhood Resource Center appointments
• Tree planting events
• Neighborhood clean-up events
• Community meetings
• Acceptance of paper applications