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  • Comment Detail

  • Date: 07/27/23
    First Name: M
    Last Name: S
    Email: melanie.snail@gmail.com
    Organization Type: other
    Organization: self

  • Comment

    Please protect tenants from and limit egregious rent hikes, prohibit evictions without good cause, ensuring every tenant has the right to a lease renewal. Good cause is defined as serious and repeated lease violations provable in a court of law, prohibit landlords from discriminating against tenants based on their source of income including federal housing assistance (i.e., vouchers) and enforce existing laws that prohibit landlords from denying a tenant rental housing based on race, physical or mental ability, and family make-up, and expand protections to prohibit discrimination based on sexual orientation, gender expression or identity, immigration status, conviction and/or arrest history, bankruptcy history, eviction history, or credit score.

    The FHFA must continue to engage with and follow the leadership of tenants and people directly impacted by the rental market. Landlords who violate FHFA’s tenant protections should be found to be in technical default and should not be eligible for future loans. Tenant protections should be applied to all landlords with a federally backed-mortgage and all rental properties, including larger multifamily properties and smaller one-to-four-unit properties. Tenant protections should not be incentivized or volunteer based.