![Flying under the radar during the midterms, ballot measures securing rent stabilization and affordable housing also had success last week.](https://san.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/FeaturedImage_1668608693123-AP22304586740959.jpg?w=1920)
WHEN GOING TO RENEW YOUR APARTMENT LEASE OR PAY THE BILL ON THE HOME YOU’RE RENTING…SOME RESIDENTS ARE SEEING SUBSTANTIAL RENT-INCREASES…LARGELY DUE TO HIGH INFLATION OVER THE PAST TWO YEARS.
BECAUSE OF IT…NEW BALLOT MEASURES TO CAP RENT PRICES AND PROTECT TENANTS WERE PUT ON LOCAL BALLOTS.
AMERICANS ON A FIXED INCOME OR IN A LOW-INCOME HOUSEHOLD HAVE BECOME MORE SUSCEPTIBLE TO LOSING THEIR HOUSING.
WITH HOMELESS RATES INCREASES ACROSS THE COUNTRY…
NEW LOCAL MEASURES ARE ADDING AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECTS INSIDE THEIR COMMUNITIES.
CITIES IN EIGHT STATES APPROVED NEW FUNDING FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
IN RICHMOND AND SANTA MONICA CALIFORNIA…
VOTERS APPROVED A MEASURE TO CAP RENT INCREASES TO THREE PERCENT PER YEAR COMPARED TO THE STATE CAP OF 10 PERCENT.
IN FLORIDA…SOME RENT PRICES HAVE JUMPED MORE THAN 30 PERCENT SINCE 20-20.
VOTERS THERE PASSED A RENT CAP THAT MAY FACE LEGAL CHALLENGES BUT OTHERWISE WOULD TAKE PLACE IN THE SUNSHINE STATE…
WHERE THERE IS NO LIMIT TO HOW MUCH A LANDLORD CAN INCREASE RENT.
ANOTHER TYPE OF MEASURE ON BALLOTS…WAS EXPANDING EVICTION PROTECTIONS FOR RENTERS…WHICH PASSED IN OAKLAND CALIFORNIA.
RENTER PROTECTIONS WERE SPARATIC AND ACROSS THE BOARD ON ELECTION DAY…
ANOTHER SIGN OF WHERE PRIORITIES STAND FOR AMERICANS STRUGGLING WITH THE CURRENT COST OF LIVING.