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  • Date: 07/25/23
    First Name: CAITLIN
    Last Name: ROWLEY
    Email: CAITLINROWLEY6@GMAIL.COM
    Organization Type: state government
    Organization: Homes Guarantee Campaign

  • Comment

    My name is Caitlin and I am a tenant living in Detroit, MI. I am a member of the Homes Guarantee Campaign.
    My rent was raised $300 in January out of nowhere. This caused a lot of hardship and stress. I did not have much disposable income so this cut into my grocery budget leaving me barely any money to eat.

    The rent is too damn high. 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,
    Caitlin Rowley