City of Milwaukee - File #: 191490

• File #: 191490
• Version: 1
• Type: Resolution
• Status: Passed
• File created: 12/17/2019
• In control: COMMON COUNCIL
• Final action: 2/11/2020
• Title: Substitute resolution directing the Commissioner of City Development to establish and implement a plan that identifies landlords with a history of wrongfully evicting tenants and excludes them from purchasing City-owned properties.
• Sponsors: ALD. COGGS, ALD. STAMPER, ALD. LEWIS, ALD. KOVAC, ALD. RAINEY, ALD. JOHNSON, ALD. SPIKER, ALD. BORKOWSKI
• Indexes: CITY PROPERTY, LANDLORD AND TENANT

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result	Tally
2/19/2020	1	MAYOR	SIGNED
2/11/2020	1	COMMON COUNCIL	ADOPTED; Minutes note: Following Council Members added as cosponsors: Johnson Spiker Borkowski There were no objections.	Pass	15:0
2/4/2020	1	ZONING, NEIGHBORHOODS & DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE	RECOMMENDED FOR ADOPTION; Minutes note: Appearing: Amy Turim, Dept. of City Development Gregg Hagopian, City Attorney's Office	Pass	4:0
1/31/2020	1	ZONING, NEIGHBORHOODS & DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE	HEARING NOTICES SENT
1/31/2020	1	ZONING, NEIGHBORHOODS & DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE	HEARING NOTICES SENT
1/30/2020	1	CITY CLERK	DRAFT SUBMITTED
12/17/2019	0	COMMON COUNCIL	ASSIGNED TO

Number
191490
Version
SUBSTITUTE 1
Reference

Sponsor
ALD. COGGS, STAMPER, LEWIS, KOVAC, RAINEY, JOHNSON, SPIKER AND BORKOWSKI
Title
Substitute resolution directing the Commissioner of City Development to establish and implement a plan that identifies landlords with a history of wrongfully evicting tenants and excludes them from purchasing City-owned properties.
Analysis
This resolution directs the Commissioner of City Development to establish and implement a plan that identifies landlords with a history of wrongfully evicting tenants and excludes them from purchasing City-owned properties. The Commissioner shall provide the Common Council with a list of landlords who demonstrate a history of wrongfully evicting tenants.

Body
Whereas, The 2020 Budget was adopted by Common Council File Number 190001 on November 26, 2019; and

Whereas, Amendment 17 placed a footnote in the Budget stating, “The Commissioner of City Development shall implement a plan for identifying landlords with a history of eviction abuse and excluding them from purchasing City-owned properties”; and

Whereas, In Wisconsin, a tenant may only be removed from a rental residence if a landlord has won an eviction lawsuit against a tenant, and subsequently only a law enforcement officer is permitted to forcibly remove a tenant from a property; and

Whereas, If a landlord does not follow proper procedure under state law while attempting to evict a tenant, the eviction may not be valid; and

Whereas, Wrongful eviction generally occurs when a landlord ignores landlord-tenant laws and rules by taking inappropriate actions such as changing the locks on a door, removing personal belongings from a unit, shutting off utilities, or failing to provide notice of eviction proceedings; and

Whereas, Section 200-20 of the Code of Ordinances provides that “no lessor of commercial or residential property shall take retaliatory action toward any lessee who reports building code violations existing on or a...