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Residents urge Norwalk Council to adopt 3% rent cap and tenant protections during public comment
Summary
Multiple residents and tenant organizers used the public comment period to press the City Council to adopt rent stabilization measures — specifically a 3% cap and related tenant protections — citing senior hardship, eviction risk, and health impacts tied to housing instability.
Dozens of speakers during the public comment period urged the Norwalk City Council to adopt rent stabilization and tenant protections, with several residents and tenant-organizer representatives asking the city to implement a 3% annual rent cap and additional renter protections.
Yesenia Lopez, introduced during the public-comment period, told the council she came to “support the only a 3% rent control hike” and said seniors and renters on fixed incomes are struggling with rising rents and harassment. Several other speakers, including…
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