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  • Date: 07/31/23
    First Name: James
    Last Name: Kehoe
    Email: Jimifk@gmail.com
    Organization Type: other
    Organization: Bozeman Tenants United + Homes Guarantee Campaign

  • Comment

    My name is James and I am a tenant living in Bozeman Montana. I am a member of Bozeman Tenants United and the Homes Guarantee Campaign.

    I work so many hours a week, and then go home every day to the housing crisis. I worry what would happen if I ever have to leave my apartment. 20 of my friends have already

    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,

    James