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Easthampton tenants demand stricter rules for corporate landlords amid rising rents
Easthampton tenants are calling on city officials, as well as Beacon Hill, to put tighter restrictions on corporate landlords from out of state.
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Housing advocates, tenants decry rent hikes in Easthampton
Easthampton tenants and advocates rallied against rent hikes from out-of-state property owners, urging City Council support for an ordinance to limit rent increases.
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Our Homes, Our Future
PolicyLink’s Our Homes, Our Future outlines a national rent control strategy to stabilize 31.5 million renter households, advance racial and economic justice, and curb corporate profiteering. ETU highlights this housing justice toolkit supporting tenant organizing, policy reform, and rent stabilization campaigns nationwide.
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Tenants Organize, Easthampton Acts!
Easthampton’s City Council passed a resolution supporting rent control repeal after tenants organized against a significant rent increase, highlighting housing instability and predatory practices.
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After rents spiked under new owners, Pleasant View Apartment tenants back bill that aims to control such increases
Pleasant View Apartment tenants are supporting a bill aimed at controlling significant rent increases after experiencing hikes of 35% to 40% under new ownership.
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Absentee landlords’ squeeze play on rent hurts Easthampton tenants
Another moderately priced apartment complex in our region just got slapped with 35% to 40% rent increases.
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Rents ratchet up as national landlord takes over Easthampton apartment complex
Tenants at the Pleasant View apartments in Easthampton are upset after a new owner enforced a 35% rent increase, threatening eviction for those who refuse to comply.
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Easthampton tenants get 35% rent increase after apartment complex sells for $4M
Easthampton tenants at Pleasant View Apartments face a 35% rent increase after the complex sold for $4 million, affecting affordability and security for residents.
