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How Tenant Activists Won Protections Against Mid-Lease Rent Hikes in Affordable Housing

November 30, 2023 | Brandon Duong

Last year, we reported on tenants in Northern Virginia LIHTC properties whose rents were raised in the middle of their leases. Here's how other states have banned the practice.

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A close-up view of two electronic doorbells on a brick wall. The bricks are painted red and blue in a pattern that the viewer is too close to to see. The doorbells, which are grubby-looking, have paper stickers next to them reading Apartment #1 or Apartment #2.
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Is Everything in Your Lease Legal? Quite Possibly Not

December 5, 2022 | Minhae Shim Roth

Some leases plainly contradict state law or include questionable, punitive, or egregiously anti-tenant clauses.

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Mid-Lease Rent Hikes Surprise Affordable Housing Tenants

October 4, 2022 | Brandon Duong

Residents of two LIHTC developments in Northern Virginia were informed that their rent would be increasing in 30 days, even if their leases weren’t ending for months. Is this part of a larger problem?