2025 Volume 24 Issue 1 Pages 34-41
An analysis regarding the continued residence of tenants by DC's Tenant Opportunity to Purchase Act and San Francisco's Community Opportunity to Purchase Act revealed that (1) TOPA's objectives of preventing evictions and strengthening the negotiating power of tenants, maintaining affordable rental housings, and encouraging the establishment of tenant associations have been achieved to some extent overall, (2) COPA has a built-in mechanism for maintaining the continued residence of low- and middle-income tenants, (3) for the continued residence of tenants, not only partial restriction of the freedom of economic activity of rental housing owners, but also education of tenants, establishment of tenant associations, development of leaders, and support of experts/NPOs are needed, and (4) it is important to reduce the number of rental housing sales with public support for repairs at the first place.
