MIAMI (CBSMiami) – Before the beginning of Tuesday’s Miami-Dade fee assembly, protesters gathered in entrance of the downtown authorities constructing to demand that one thing be finished about skyrocketing rents and tenants’ rights.
David Peery made his stance on lease will increase within the county very clear.
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“There’s a lot of fear and there’s a lot of pain within the county. I can tell you at least three or four dozen stories of people‘s rent going up by five, six, seven, eight hundred dollars per month,” he stated. “how can people afford a place to live when they can barely keep food on the tables.”
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The sentiments have been echoed by others who gathered in entrance of the federal government constructing, standing in solidarity as they despatched a powerful message to the elected officers.
“If we don’t do something now, something radical, we’re not going to have Miami the same way we’ve had it for the last two years,” stated Angel Montalvo.
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Miami has seen rents leap 58% up to now two years, in accordance with Realtor.com.
Those who got here out stated it’s time for the county to enact a tenant’s invoice of rights.
“While corporations have been bailed out, the people have not. The rents are skyrocketing. We are leading the nation in rent hikes. We want to make sure that there are more protections or accountability and that’s what a tenant bill of rights will do,” stated Santra Denis.
The United Way of Miami-Dade was additionally in attendance to assist this laws.
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“People need an advocate in this community, someone who’s going to stand up for them at the county level,” stated the United Way’s Beth Berglin.