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  • Date: 07/31/23
    First Name: Andrew
    Last Name: Houser
    Email: ahouser788@gmail.com
    Organization Type: N/A
    Organization: Bozeman Tenants United + Homes Guarantee Campaign

  • Comment

    "My name is Andrew Houser and I am a tenant living in Bozeman, MT. I am a member of Bozeman Tenants United and the Homes Guarantee Campaign.

    The rent in Bozeman is disgusting High. My friends and family members have been forced out of the city they grew up in because of record high prices and unadulterated greed.

    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,
    Andrew Houser"