Limits ability of landlords to evict existing renters. While landlords retain full property control, JCEC prevent them from evicting tenants without reason. Landlords cannot legally evict tenants except for breach of contract.
Protects tenants who have month-to-month leases. JCEC protect those tenants who have month-to-month leases from being evicted by landlords for the sole purpose of increasing rents. Tenants who sign short-term leases are often low-income and working families with little or no job security, so JCEC are critical for stabilizing this population.
Slows down rapid rental increases. JCEC mitigates rapid resident turnover with the landlord increasing rent after each eviction. Since vacancy decontrol allows the landlord to raise the rent to market value once the tenant moves out, such an increase could mean the doubling of rent in order to "catch up" in areas with surging rental prices.
Stabilizes rental floor in area. Coupled with rent controls, JCEC help stabilize the rental market by ensuring that evictions do not occur in order to increase rent.
Stabilizes communities. By slowing down evictions and decreasing turnover rates in an area, communities become more stable. This is particularly important in expensive housing markets.
