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Residents press Oshkosh council for tenant protections and a tenant resource center
Summary
Multiple residents told the council about unsafe rental conditions, long shelter and voucher wait lists and high application fees, urging the city to pursue tenant supports, systematic inspections, and a tenant-landlord resource center modeled on Dane County or Racine initiatives.
Several Oshkosh residents used the public-comment period on Nov. 12 to urge the Common Council to act on affordable housing, tenant protections and homelessness.
Tina Hafeman, a volunteer with Esther's housing advocacy group (SEG 064), described weekly conversations with people facing eviction and said nearly 40% of Winnebago County households earn under $50,000. She urged councilors to support a pilot help agency run through the Winnebago County ADRC (paid by ARPA funds) and to explore a tenant resource center modeled on long-running…
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