NEWBURGH – Tenants and advocates rallied in Newburgh on Wednesday evening to celebrate the city council’s approval of rent stabilization.
Advocate and Orange County Legislator Genesis Ramos said there was more than one message of the evening.
“To both celebrate the ETPA (Emergency Tenant Protection Act) win, to emphasize and put focus on the need for further education and information to the community members who are impacted by ETPA, and to really support and uplift the launch of the Statewide Housing for All Coalition, she said.
The goal of the rent stabilization movement includes good cause eviction protections, rental assistance, and deploying the public sector to create new social housing.
The end goal of tenants’ groups is to have rent stabilization approved on the state level.
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