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Strengthening Renters’ Rights through Tenant Protections
Affordable, safe, stable, and accessible housing is a key part of the foundation of any just, equitable, and thriving community. Unfortunately, the lack of uniform renter protections at the federal level and the shortage of affordable and available rental housing for the lowest-income renters leave many tenants in precarious positions when it comes to housing Continue reading
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News Round-Up: A Housing Problem and an Income Problem
In her testimony at a hearing of the housing subcommittee of the House Financial Services Committee, Coalition President Sheila Crowley noted that “Observers often ask if the shortage of rental housing for the low and extremely low income population is a housing problem or an income problem. The answer is that it is both.” Two Continue reading
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News Round-Up: Renters in the Middle
Many communities across the U.S. are reporting rents beyond the reach of many renters, especially those with the lowest incomes. In Pittsburgh, Essential Public Radio reports that two out of three low income Pennsylvania residents have trouble finding rental housing they can afford. Rents in New Jersey, as we read in this article, are the Continue reading
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