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Norwalk residents urge council to adopt 3% rent cap and tenant protections during public comment
Summary
Multiple residents and tenant organizers used the public comment period to ask the Norwalk City Council to adopt rent stabilization measures, including a proposed 3% annual cap and 50% Costa/CPR (citizen protection ratio referenced), citing seniors on fixed incomes, eviction risk and neighboring cities that have adopted similar limits.
Several Norwalk residents and tenant organizers used the meeting’s public comment period to urge the City Council to consider rent stabilization and tenant-protection measures, including a commonly requested 3% annual cap on rent increases and cited protections used in nearby cities.
Speakers described the effects of rising rents on seniors, people on fixed incomes and long-term renters. Yesenia Lopez said she supported "only a 3% rent control hike" for seniors and renters on limited incomes. Multiple commenters referenced…
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