Combat rising rents with more affordable housing, advocates say

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Combat rising rents with more affordable housing, advocates say

Many often tout rents in Greater Cleveland as being affordable when compared to housing on the East Coast and West Coast and even in some Midwest cities.  Rents here are still much cheaper than such places, but they are rising faster than in most U.S. metro areas.  Creating more affordable housing is the best way to prevent rents from escalating, according to government and nonprofit officials Signal Cleveland interviewed. The combination of ste…