AN ORDINANCE relating to fair housing; establishing a one-year prohibition on use of rental housing bidding platforms; requesting a study of rental housing bidding platforms; amending Section 7.24.020 of the Seattle Municipal Code; and adding a new Section 7.24.090 to the Seattle Municipal Code.
Thank you very much. And any comments? Those in favor of confirming the appointment. Please vote i. I those opposed vote no. The motion carries and the appointment is confirmed. And then please read the report of the Housing, Health, Energy and Workers Rights Committee and you can read the short title since you already read it into the record . The report The Housing, Health, Energy and Workers Rights Committee Agenda Item 13, Campbell and one note. 198. Relating to fair housing the committee recommends will pass as amended. Councilmember Mosquito. Thank you, Mr. President. I appreciate your enthusiasm to get to get to get to this agenda topic. This bill prohibits tenants and prospective and prospective tenants and landlords from using rental housing building platforms for a year. While the city determines whether those platforms are in compliance with the city's regulation and looks at the impact on the housing market and the committee recommends passage of the bill as amended. Thank you very much. Any further comments? Castro and Johnson just want. To say thanks to Councilmember Musketeer. This came to our attention from some of the folks from CWA and she really dug in on this topic, spent a lot of time and energy on it, and I'm grateful to her for her leadership on bringing this issue forward. It's going to affect many of my constituents very positively. So thank you for your leadership, Councilmember Oscar. I think for those and I share those concerns as well. I share those sentiments. Okay. Please call the roll on the passage. If I may just make a few more. Yes. Comments. Apologize for moving forward. I just want to say thanks again to my colleagues for identifying this issue. Thanks especially to Councilmember Suarez and Time Council President harrell for your work to add language to this bill. Thank you to aisha and to my staff, michael maddox, who worked on this legislation. This is one of the first pieces of legislation I've had the opportunity to bring forward today. So thank you to the council. And as Councilmember Johnson explained, this really comes directly from the community. As you do have students putting this on our radar and asking for us to have strong legislation. I think the inclusion of your amendments makes this piece of policy even better at its heart. This is really about fair housing. This is about our city's commitment to making sure that our fair housing and equitable housing is a reality for all of Seattleites. And I believe it also touches on our commitment to try to be proactive and get ahead of new platforms as they come onto the market to make sure that we're looking at any potential unintended consequences and really thinking proactively here. We have the opportunity to be proactive, to be thoughtful, and to really think about how we fold in these new technologies into our regulatory system. I think that it's clear that this. Is not yet penetrated our community yet, and I think that in working with our community at large and asking the Office of Housing and Civil Rights and Construction and Inspection to do a deep dove analysis on how these products impact our commitment to equitable housing, we'll have a better opportunity to look at long term solutions. I really think this gives us an opportunity to make those informed discussions with community at large. And thanks again to Puget Sound Stage, who you heard from today to ASU, Deb, and to the Council for your longstanding commitment to equitable housing. Thank you so much. Thank you for the comments. If not, please call the role on the pastor of the bill. Let's get out. I O'BRIEN So want big John Gonzalez purple Johnson President Harrell high eight in favor and unopposed. Bill passed and chair of Senate. Please read items 14 through 16.