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  • Date: 10/17/22
    First Name: Khadija
    Last Name: Nancy
    Organization: PUSH Buffalo
    City: N/A
    State: N/A
    Attachment: N/A
    Number: RIN-2590-AB21

  • Comment

    Dear Director Thompson and FHFA team,

    My name is Khadija Nancy, and I live in Buffalo, New York. I’m writing in response to the FHFA Multifamily Enterprise Housing Goals Proposed Rule Comment Request: ‘Community Support Requirements, (No. 2022–N–11) Multifamily Enterprise Housing Goals Proposed Rule.

    Couple of years back, me and my family used live in an apartment in New York City. It wasn’t exactly the ideal house. The house wasn’t as big for a family of 6. We had a roach infestation problem which was not taken care of before we moved in. And soon after we had a mice problem as well. The problem didn’t stop there. The rent was also getting high. Luckily, we found a house in Buffalo which is 8 hours away from New York City. Even though we had to leave some beloved people we had known for almost 12 years, we were able to find a proper ideal house for us.

    The rent is too damn high and I’m counting on FHFA to take every possible action to regulate rents for all properties with federally backed mortgages. If our public money is financing the business of making money on our homes, the least that you can do as a regulator is attach conditions to these resources that benefit the people. FHFA has successfully taken bold action in the past to help protect tenants during COVID-19 and to look out for residents of manufactured housing, and I am counting on FHFA to take similar action to help tenants like me during this time of intense economic hardship.

    I am a member of PUSH Buffalo and a leader with the Homes Guarantee campaign. The Homes Guarantee campaign is led by over 52 tenant-led organizations from all corners of the country. We have a long term vision for a world where everyone has access to safe, sustainable and TRULY affordable housing. In the short term we are organizing to win an executive order on rent regulation from the President— see more here: https://damnhighrent.com

    Thank you for your attention to this matter. If you would like to get in touch with me, please contact Grace White, the Homes Guarantee Organizer at g.white@peoplesaction.org.
    Sincerely,
    Khadija