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Residents urge pause on rent‑stabilization review and raise affordability concerns at Takoma Park public comments
Summary
During general public comment, residents urged council to pause a rent‑stabilization consultant contract because current federal enforcement fears could depress tenant participation; others raised housing affordability and budget transparency concerns.
Several residents used general public comment to press the council on housing‑related issues. A Ward 1 commenter (Cordes) asked the council to delay hiring a consultant for a rent‑stabilization review this fall, saying the current climate of federal immigration enforcement is causing fear among immigrant tenants and would likely reduce meaningful participation in surveys, canvasses and public meetings.…
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