For the last two year, landlords consistently protested the eviction moratoriums that protected renters from displacement during the pandemic. Arguing that they would suffer financially if they couldn’t kick out tenants who stopped paying rent, landlords rallied against vital tenant protections across the country.
However, a recent study debunks the …
By PRCC Research
What is rent control?
Rent control is legislation that limits how much landlords can increase the rent for their properties year to year. The goal is to keep affordable housing affordable and to prevent forced displacement caused by unreasonable rent increases. Philadelphia has no rent-control law yet, meaning …
By PRCC Research
Philadelphia’s property market is hot. As first-time homebuyers struggle to break into the market, landlords are cashing out on their investments, selling off rental properties at an unprecedented rate. As reported in a 2021 study [1] from Harvard’s Joint Center for Housing Studies and the Housing Initiative at the University …
By PRCC Research
I am Karen Harvey, the Campaign Director of the Phila. Tenants Union. In order to bring together grassroots organizations & city stakeholders two months ago, the Tenants Union launched our Rent Control Campaign as in coalition with One PA, CLS, Philly Socialists, DSA, Reclaim, Stadium Stompers, Lilac, Socialists Alternative, PEC/Youty …
By Karen Harvey
Rent control protects tenants from excessive rent increases and promotes affordability in the private rental market by creating a schedule for reasonable rent increases. Under rent control, a locally controlled Rent Board sets a cap on rent increases over any 12 month period (“rent cap”). Landlords who manage rental units …
By PRCC Research