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Residents urge council to preserve Takoma Park's rent-stabilization protections as review begins
Summary
Dozens of tenants and advocates urged Takoma Park officials to protect existing rent-stabilization rules, demand robust tenant-centered public engagement in the city's consultant-led review, and resist proposals that would weaken CPI indexing or extend new-construction exemptions.
Dozens of tenants and renter advocates asked the Takoma Park City Council on Feb. 11 to preserve the city's rent-stabilization protections and to ensure the upcoming consultant review centers tenant voices.
"We should be proud that we have some of the strongest protections for renters in the state and in the country," said Graham Karp, a former tenant and member of Montgomery County Democratic Socialists of America, during public comment. He told councilors he feared the review could be used to weaken…
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