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> “I think the best way to combat corporate #landlords is to make their model less profitable,” Nagy said. She said stronger tenant protections and rent stabilization laws are ways to achieve that. #Tenants may also withhold #rent when repairs aren’t being made. And more tenants are speaking directly to pension funds or universities that pool their money into hedge funds and real estate investment trusts to get a profit.
VICE · People Are Organizing to Fight the Private Equity Firms Who Own Their Homes
> a coalition headed by DSA and the Renters Action Network launched a proposal for a Renters Bill of Rights—a set of nine policy proposals designed to protect renters and boost their political power.
Portland MercuryAdvocates say Portland is Overdue for a Tenant Bill of RightsOver the last 10 months, following the overwhelming defeat of a ballot measure that sought to secure universal eviction representation in Portland in 2023, a group of door knockers from the Portland chapter of the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) resumed their canvassing efforts. They weren’t organizing around a campaign. Instead, they were simply trying to connect with renters in lower-income, often overlooked areas of the city like East Portland to figure out what their...
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