Akron voters will vote on three amendments to the City of Akron Charter, including two that affect housing for tenants and landlords and one that affects how the members of the Citizens’ Police Oversight Board are chosen, along with empowering the city’s independent police auditor with subpoena powers.
Issue 11 – City of Akron proposed charter amendment
A majority affirmative vote is necessary for passage.
Shall the Charter of the City of Akron be amended to enact Section 101b so as to require property owners or operators to permit security deposits for residential rentals to be paid over three or six month periods; to require operators to inform tenants or prospective tenants of their right to make security deposit payments over three or six months; criminalizing the failure to provide the notification; banning fees, charges, deposits or other payments prior to executing rental agreements for residential rental properties; and criminalizing the collection of an application fee for residential rentals?
Issue 12 – City of Akron proposed charter amendment
A majority affirmative vote is necessary for passage.
Shall the Charter of the City of Akron be amended to enact Section 100a to add the City of Akron’s existing codified anti-discrimination protections in the Charter; to, with exceptions for sex offenders and arson offenders, prohibit owners and operators from declining to rent to, or engage in real estate transaction with, an individual on the basis of that individual’s criminal history such as arrests, convictions, incarceration; making individuals with criminal histories a protected class similar to race, gender, sexual orientation, and other existing protected classes as it relates to renting, home sales, and other real estate transactions; giving Akron Civil Rights Commission jurisdiction over all real estate discrimination claims arising in Akron; and requiring City Council to enact implementing legislation within ninety (90) days of the effective date of this amendment?
Issue 13 – City of Akron proposed charter amendment
A majority affirmative vote is necessary for passage…