Members of the student government are pushing for support on leasing legislation favoring student tenants, which has been floating in the city political ether since last fall.

During Monday’s Legislative Affairs meeting, Chair Sam Polstein said it is important for students to come to today’s City Council meeting to let their voices be heard on the legislation.

The ordinance targets lease renewal for students who feel pressure to renew their leases early. Polstein said the lack of time students currently have to decide whether to stay at the same apartment for the following school year is a problem students face that the legislation would hope to address.

Polstein said this problem cannot be fixed through educating students on real estate regulations and concerns as many property managers have suggested, and the housing fair the committee held earlier last semester is not a permanent solution.

Instead, Polstein said the renewal notices need to be legislated throughout the city. The amendment on the legislation aims to prohibit a landlord from offering a lease renewal for next year to the current tenant until one-fourth of the lease has passed.

“It is extremely important that students participate and have knowledge of the importance of this issue subject and why we need the legislation to be passed,” Polstein said.

However, some were skeptical about the number of students that would show up and support passing the leasing ordinance. Ald. Mike Verveer, District 4, told ASM members to have lower expectations because the proposal has been consistently redrawn for several months.

Verveer, one of the legislation’s co-sponsors, said it is not likely the leasing ordinance would be adopted during today’s City Council meeting.