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The commission approved updated tenant protection recommendations, including rent mediation, legal defense, rent stabilization, just cause protections, and fee regulations, and directed staff to send an implementation plan to City Council. It also approved a resolution recommending a $152,000 annual funding increase for housing programs through the Human Services Grant, bringing the total to $281,000 with annual CPI adjustments.
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What this means
The commission backed new renter protections meant to slow displacement and give tenants more tools to resolve problems, such as mediation and legal defense. It also recommended a larger annual city funding allocation for local housing programs to help offset federal housing budget cuts and the government shutdown. The council will review these recommendations next.
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- Approved the October 23, 2025 Housing Commission meeting minutes.
- Recommended housing programs including rent mediation, legal defense, rent stabilization, just cause protections, and fee regulations, and asked staff to present an implementation plan to City Council.
- Added direction to study city-owned properties as a possible anti-displacement resource and to explore a lower, more protective maximum rent stabilization policy.
- Approved a resolution recommending an annual Human Services Grant increase of $152,000, for a total of $281,000, with annual CPI increases.
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Housing Commission
Amended Special Meeting
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- Amended on 12/04/2025 at 1:40 PM to add teleconference location.
- IN-PERSON AND TELECONFERENCE / PUBLIC PARTICIPATION INFORMATION OPTIONS TO OBSERVE: Members of the public wishing to observe the meeting may do so in one of the following ways: 1) Attend in person at Quinlan Community Center, Conference Room, 10185 N. Stelling Road. 2) Watch a live stream online at https://youtube.com/@cupertinocitycommission OPTIONS TO PARTICIPATE AND COMMENT: Members of the public wishing to address the Housing Commission may do so in the following ways: 1) Appear in person at Quinlan Community Center, Conference Room, 10185 N. Stelling Road: A. During “Oral Communications”, the public may comment on matters not on the agenda, and for agendized matters, the public may comment during the public comment period for each agendized item. B. Speakers are requested to complete a Speaker Card. While completion of Speaker Cards is voluntary and not required to attend the meeting or provide comments, it is helpful for the purposes of ensuring that all speakers are called upon. C. Speakers must wait to be called and may begin speaking when recognized by the Chair. D. Speakers are limited to three (3) minutes each. However, the Chair may reduce the speaking time depending on the number of people who wish to speak on an item. A speaker representing a group of 2 to 5 or more people who are present may have up to 2 minutes per group member, up to 10 minutes maximum. E. Please note that due to cyber security concerns, speakers are not allowed to connect any personal devices to any City equipment. However, speakers that wish to share a document (e.g. presentations, photographs or other documents) during oral comments may do so by: a. E-mailing the document to housingcommission@cupertino.gov by 3:00 p.m. and staff will advance the slides/share the documents during your oral comment. 2) Written communications as follows: A. E-mail comments to housingcommission@cupertino.gov B. Regular mail or hand delivered addressed to the: Cupertino HousingCommission, City Hall, 10300 Torre Avenue, Cupertino, CA 95014 C. Comments addressed to the Housing Commission received by 5:00 p.m. on the day of the meeting will be included in written communications published and distributed before the beginning of the meeting. D. Comments addressed to the Housing Commission received after the 5:00 p.m. deadline, but through the end of the Commission meeting, will be posted to the City’s website by the end of the following business day. 3) Teleconference in one of the following ways: A. Online via Zoom on an electronic device (Audio and Video): Speakers must register in advance by clicking on the link below to access the meeting: https://cityofcupertino.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_UnpsYhRwTlKN9BmTFNaRVQ a. Registrants will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar. b. Speakers will be recognized by the name they use for registration. Once recognized, speakers must click ‘unmute’ when prompted to speak. c. Please read the following instructions about technical compatibility carefully: One can directly download the teleconference (Zoom) software or connect to the meeting in their internet browser. If a browser is used, make sure the most current and up-to-date browser, such as the following, is used: Chrome 30+, Firefox 27+, Microsoft Edge 12+, Safari 7+. Certain functionality may be disabled in older browsers, including Internet Explorer. B. By Phone (Audio only): No registration is required in advance and speakers may join the meeting as follows: a. Dial 669-900-6833 and enter WEBINAR ID: 852 3301 3828 b. To “raise hand” to speak: Dial *9; When asked to unmute: Dial *6 c. Speakers will be recognized to speak by the last four digits of their phone number. C. Via an H.323/SIP room system: H.323 Information: 144.195.19.161 (US West) 206.247.11.121 (US East) Meeting ID: 852 3301 3828 SIP: 85233013828@zoomcrc.com
- NOTICE AND CALL FOR A SPECIAL MEETING OF THE CUPERTINO HOUSING COMMISSION
- NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a special meeting of the Cupertino Housing Commission is hereby called for Monday, December 08, 2025, commencing at 5:30 p.m. in Quinlan Community Center Conference Room, 10185 North Stelling Road, Cupertino, California 95014 and via teleconference. Said special meeting shall be for the purpose of conducting business on the subject matters listed below under the heading, “Special Meeting."
- SPECIAL MEETING
- ROLL CALL
- APPROVAL OF MINUTES
- Subject: Approve the minutes of the October 23, 2025 Housing Commission Meeting.
- POSTPONEMENTS
- ORAL COMMUNICATIONS
- This portion of the meeting is reserved for persons wishing to address the Commission on any matter within the jurisdiction of the Commission and not on the agenda. Speakers are limited to three (3) minutes. In most cases, State law will prohibit the Commission from making any decisions with respect to a matter not on the agenda.
- WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS
- OLD BUSINESS- None
- NEW BUSINESS
- Subject: Study session to explore policies and programs for tenant protections and anti-displacement for renters in market rate units.
- Subject: Study fiscal impacts of federal housing program budget cuts and government shutdown, approve resolution to recommend the City Council increase funding to local housing programs through the Human Services Grant (HSG).
- STAFF AND COMMISSION REPORTS
- FUTURE AGENDA SETTING
- ADJOURNMENT
- In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), anyone who is planning to attend this meeting who is visually or hearing impaired or has any disability that needs special assistance should call the City Clerk's Office at 408-777-3223, at least 48 hours in advance of the meeting to arrange for assistance. In addition, upon request in advance by a person with a disability, meeting agendas and writings distributed for the meeting that are public records will be made available in the appropriate alternative format. Any writings or documents provided to a majority of the members after publication of the agenda will be made available for public inspection. Please contact the City Clerk’s Office in City Hall located at 10300 Torre Avenue, Cupertino, California 95014, during normal business hours. IMPORTANT NOTICE: Please be advised that pursuant to Cupertino Municipal Code section 2.08.100 written communications sent to the City Council, Commissioners or staff concerning a matter on the agenda are included as supplemental material to the agendized item. These written communications are accessible to the public through the City website and kept in packet archives. Do not include any personal or private information in written communications to the City that you do not wish to make public, as written communications are considered public records and will be made publicly available on the City website.
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