SB 567 in its current version also imposes unreasonable restrictions on property owners’ rights to repossess and occupy their rental units or to sell their properties. It goes to extremes that I would argue would make rental property owners give serious pause on whether to continue renting their properties or not.
For example, say a property owner needs to take care of a family member and move them into their rental property, thus having the current renter vacate. SB 567 states that the property owner’s relative needs to live in their unit for 12 months straight and claim that as their primary residence for the duration.
In other words, they need to plan to house a family member for one year. There are circumstances and events in life we have no control over, and being expected to be able to predict someone’s housing future for the next three years seems unrealistic.