Huge Win for Welsh Streets Residents as Campaign Sees Rent Caps Introduced - Liverpool Echo

Huge win for Welsh Streets residents as campaign sees rent caps introduced - Liverpool Echo

Tenants fought back against huge rent hikes that were 'forcing them out'

KEY WEST OFFICIALS CHOOSE RESIDENTS OVER RENT HIKES

Key West officials this week prioritized people over profit and working residents over unworkable rent hikes for tenants at City Marina on Garrison Bight.  The city commission at their June 4 meeting shot down a proposal from the city’s port and marine services department that would have raised the rents for liveaboard residents at the marina by 50 to 70% and forced many of them from their homes.  “These increases would displace most of us,” liv…