The Board of Supervisors this week adopted an ordinance that allows for renters and landlords in unincorporated Marin to employ county mediators to help settle disputes concerning rent increases of more than 5 percent within a 12-month period.
Considered for almost two years and approved under the wire at the last board meeting of 2017, the new rental housing dispute resolution is a win for affordable housing advocates—many of whom were also disappointed by the…