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  • Date: 07/28/23
    First Name: Adrian
    Last Name: Madriz
    Email: adrian@smash.miami
    Organization Type: other
    Organization: Struggle for Miami's Affordable Housing

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    My name is Adrian Madriz and I am a tenant living in Miami, FL. I am a member of the Homes Guarantee Campaign.

    Miami is in the midst of an affordable housing crisis. Rents went up by 58% in 2022. My rent has gone up by a similar amount in 2023.

    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,
    Adrian