rich 1.0 Action Network https://actionnetwork.org <link href='https://actionnetwork.org/css/style-embed-v3.css' rel='stylesheet' type='text/css' /><script src='https://actionnetwork.org/widgets/v6/petition/speak-up-takoma-park-rent-stabilization-is-under-threat?format=js&source=widget'></script><div id='can-petition-area-speak-up-takoma-park-rent-stabilization-is-under-threat' style='width: 100%'><!-- this div is the target for our HTML insertion --></div> MoCo MDC DSA https://actionnetwork.org/groups/moco-mdc-dsa https://can2-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/share_options/facebook_images/000/623/760/original/stand_up_for_rent_control.png Takoma Park has some of the strongest renter protections in Montgomery County thanks to our rent stabilization ordinance. But a consultant-led rent stabilization review designed to change the ordinance is putting the livelihood of Takoma Park renters at risk. Takoma Park’s rent stabilized landlords normally cannot raise rent by more than inflation. Those protections apply five years after any new developments are built. The review is seeking “best practices” from other rent stabilization policies, many of which make it easier to hit renters with inflation-busting increases. Takoma Park renters make up half the city’s population. We are working class, and disproportionately immigrants and people of color. The most vulnerable members of our community are sheltering from ICE terror raids, but the City is forcing them to choose between the risk of speaking up in public or staying silent while their financial future is at risk. Add your name if you agree that Takoma Park should not allow landlords to get even richer on the backs of renters - the very people who can afford it the least. https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/speak-up-takoma-park-rent-stabilization-is-under-threat