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  • Date: 07/20/23
    First Name: Mari
    Last Name: Jacoby
    Email: mari.jacoby@outlook.com
    Organization Type: other
    Organization: KC Tenants

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    My name is Mari and I am a tenant living in Kansas City, MO. I am a member of the Homes Guarantee Campaign.
    The cost of living is steadily going up, but jobs are not offering raises and landlords are taking advantage of the "market trends" by increasing rent just because they can. No upgrades are being made to buildings, it's just greed.

    The Federal Housing Finance Agency should protect tenants by limiting annual rent hikes to 1.5 times the Consumer Price Index or 3%, whichever is lower, in properties with federally backed mortgages. These limits should be applied universally as a requirement to all federally backed mortgage programs.

    In addition to limits on rent hikes, the FHFA should prohibit evictions without good cause, ban source of income discrimination, enforce and expand existing protections against discrimination, require safe and accessible housing conditions, create a landlord registry, require fair and standardized leases, ensure tenants have the right to organize, and create an Office of Tenant Protections to enforce these rights in all properties with federally backed mortgages.

    Sincerely,
    Mari