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Lawmakers consider bill that would protect against no-cause evictions
Jonathan Herman thought he found a stable apartment in Norwalk, where he’d been living for nine years. He and his wife were hoping to stay there while shopping for a home now that they had just had a baby. Just days before Christmas, though, those plans got derailed after they received a notice that their lease wasn’t being...
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CT senator says more needs to be done to prevent rental price fixing
Rents prices continue to skyrocket in Connecticut and U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal said software is part of the problem. He said landlords are able to control markets by using software that allows them to see how far they can raise their rents without losing tenants. “These kinds of price-fixing cartels ought to be banned,” Blumenthal (D-Conn.) said during a…
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CT senator says more needs to be done to prevent rental price fixing
Some landlords are using software to help come up with rent prices, but Sen. Richard Blumenthal says those programs essentially allow them to control the market together, and he wants to stop it.
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Self-made millionaire says choosing to rent instead of buying a home is ‘one of the best financial decisions I ever made'
Renting a home can be a smart financial move, especially with surging home prices driving up homeownership costs in the last few years.
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NYC was not the worst city for renters in US, but another tri-state city was: Study
A new report ranks the worst cities for renters in the U.S., and shockingly New York City wasn’t tops on the list — but another tri-state city was.
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Pandemic aid officials who overpaid vulnerable renters are saying, ‘We messed up, pay us back'
State and local agencies that distributed federal aid to renters facing eviction during the pandemic are now scrambling to claw back millions of dollars in overpayments.
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‘It's hard': Renters are struggling to find housing at affordable prices
The housing supply is low, keeping more people renting who want to buy a new home. That’s one of the many factors impacting other renters on a tight budget looking for a place to live. Housing advocates are hearing frustrated stories from folks looking for affordable places to live over and over again. Like that of 66-year-old Candelaria Gonzalez...
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New report shows rental prices are down for the first time in years
A report from Realtor.com shows May rental prices were down 0.5% from the year before. It’s the first time since 2020 that prices have dropped, according to the company’s data.
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UC Berkeley student commutes from LA by plane to avoid rent. Here's a typical day
Bill flew to class from LA so he could avoid paying rent in the Bay Area and because he loves transportation
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Marathon Debate Over Rent Cap Bill
Housing advocates think something needs to be done with evictions up and rents increasing on average 20% in the past two years. But some have concerns with the ideas being talked about.
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Connecticut Evictions Rise From Pandemic-Era Lows
Evictions are rising in Connecticut. “We’re seeing a very large number of evictions right now,” said Dahlia Romanow, Connecticut Fair Housing Center staff attorney. Eviction filings in the state were around 20,000 in the years leading up to the pandemic with 20,597 in 2017, 19,940 in 2018 and 19,106 in 2019. Then, there was a big drop with 6,429 in…