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block-field-blocknodedepartmenttitle"> <h1>About/Contact Us</h1> </section> <section class="block block-layout-builder block-field-blocknodedepartmentbody"> <div class="field-wrapper body field field-node--body field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item"><p class="lead">We implement Berkeley鈥檚 Rent Ordinance, which regulates most residential rents in Berkeley, protects tenants against unwarranted evictions, and is intended to maintain affordable housing and preserve community diversity.</p><p>The Rent Stabilization Board has nine elected commissioners. The Board directs policy, enacts regulations, hears petition appeals, and oversees a program to implement Berkeley鈥檚 Rent Stabilization and Eviction for Just Cause Ordinance. Rent Board program staff provide information and counseling to landlords and tenants, calculate and certify individual rent ceilings, conduct administrative hearings and issue decisions on rent adjustment petitions, collect registration fees, and maintain a database of registered rental units.</p><p><strong>Mission:</strong> To regulate residential rent increases in the City of Berkeley, protect against unwarranted rent increases and evictions, and provide a fair return to property owners. The Board works to ensure compliance with legal obligations relating to rental housing, and to advance the housing policies of the City with regard to low- and fixed-income persons, marginalized communities, students, persons with disabilities, and older adults.</p><div class="callout"><p><strong>Our offices are CLOSED to the public on all Wednesdays.</strong> If you have an emergency associated with an eviction, please call the Eviction Defense Center at (510) 452-4541. If you have an emergency related to an unlivable condition in your rental unit, please call the Rental Housing Safety Program at (510) 981-5444 to request an inspection. </p></div><p> </p><p><a class="button primary small" href="https://www.facebook.com/BerkeleyRentBoard/">Follow us on Facebook</a></p><p> <a class="button primary small" href="/services/rent-board-email-lists" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="7410c421-42b1-47ed-945b-f212fbfdcfe8" data-entity-substitution="canonical">Join our email lists</a></p></div> </div> </div> </section> <section class="block block-layout-builder block-field-blocknodedepartmentfield-block-line"> <div class="field-wrapper field field-node--field-block-line field-name-field-block-line field-type-entity-reference-revisions field-label-hidden featured-links"> <div class="field-items grid-x grid-margin-x"> <a href="/elected-rent-board/rent-board-meetings" class="paragraph--id--481 paragraph paragraph--type--block-link 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Hours</h3><p>M, T, Th, F: 9 a.m. to 4:45 p.m.</p></div> </div> </div> </section> <section class="block block-ctools block-entity-viewnode"> <div class="team"> <div class="team-member"> <div class="team-member-img"><div class="field-wrapper field field-node--field-directory field-name-field-directory field-type-image field-label-hidden"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/departments/Seana%20picture.jpg" width="681" height="894" alt="Photo of Rent Board Executive Director D茅Seana Williams." /> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="team-member-content"> <h6 class="title">D茅Seana Williams</h6> <p> <em>Executive Director</em><br> <span class="phone"></span><br> <span class="email"> <div class="contact-item"> <a href="mailto:DeWilliams@berkeleyca.gov">DeWilliams@berkeleyca.gov</a> </div> </span> </p> </div> </div> <div class="org-chart"> <div class="field-wrapper field field-node--field-org field-name-field-org field-type-file 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