{"id":7274,"date":"2022-11-07T15:07:06","date_gmt":"2022-11-07T21:07:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nwfl4sale.com\/coalition-pushing-for-national-rent-control\/"},"modified":"2022-11-07T15:07:06","modified_gmt":"2022-11-07T21:07:06","slug":"coalition-pushing-for-national-rent-control","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nwfl4sale.com\/coalition-pushing-for-national-rent-control\/","title":{"rendered":"Coalition Pushing for National Rent Control"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Lawyers and advocates want a presidential executive order tying yearly rent increases to inflation. It\u2019s just an idea right now, but the White House agreed to meet with them.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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WASHINGTON \u2013\u00a0A coalition of 54 tenant organizations and 17 policy groups drafted a proposed executive order<\/a> that they hope President Joe Biden might sign. The White House declined to comment on it, but it did agree to meet with the coalition\u2019s members on Nov. 14.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The groups don\u2019t say they\u2019re angling for a way to help renters, however \u2013 they\u2019re calling it another tool to fight inflation.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cAs of now, the Biden administration is dangerously silent on the single biggest line item in Americans\u2019 budgets: their rent,\u201d says Tara Raghuveer, director of the Homes Guarantee Campaign at People\u2019s Action, according to Politico. \u201cSigning this executive order is the clearest way that the president can fight inflation and take on the corporate landlords who are rent-gouging poor and middle-income families.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The coalition\u2019s proposal<\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n