Two Saint Paul tenants have appealed to the City Council for relief from recent rent increases of almost 8 percent made by their landlord, Dominium Properties. They are the first tenant appeals under Saint Paul’s new rent control ordinance, which…
Rent control is still a bad ideaWhy do politicians keep digging up old, bad ideas? Rent control was buried by most cities decades ago because it doesn’t work. I own and live in a duplex in the Summit Hill neighborhood.…
To amend or not to amend, that is the question. Reaching an agreement on a package of amendments to Saint Paul’s new rent control ordinance may be as difficult for the City Council as it was for the Rent Stabilization…
St. Paul ordinance is challenged as an illegal taking of property. The owners of apartment buildings in Lowertown and Highland Park have filed a lawsuit in federal court challenging the constitutionality of Saint Paul’s new rent control ordinance. The ordinance,…
Stakeholders agree to exemptions to 3% cap on annual rent hikes. Following a sometimes acrimonious meeting, Saint Paul’s 41-member Rent Stabilization Stakeholders Group wrapped up more than two months of research and negotiation on June 7 with a package of…
Maintain protections for rentersAs a longtime Saint Paul resident and voter, I am dismayed that the Minnesota Senate Housing Finance and Policy Committee would pass a measure to ban rent control and rent stabilization measures statewide (MyVillager, April 27). What…
City officials are scrambling to get the policies and processes in place before the May 1 effective date for the new rent control ordinance in Saint Paul. Meanwhile, at the state Capitol, lawmakers are arguing for a bill that would…
Public comment sought on DSI's proposed rules. As the May 1 start date of rent control approaches, Saint Paul officials are hurrying to get all of the processes in place for enforcing the new ordinance. The City Council on April…
More focus sought from rent control task force. Frustration with the slow pace of implementing Saint Paul’s new rent control ordinance prompted the City Council on March 23 to adopt a resolution asking the 41-member Rent Stabilization Stakeholder task force…
As Saint Paul’s rent control ordinance nears its May 1 effective date, plans for implementing the new law are taking shape with help from a 41-member Rent Stabilization Task Force. The ordinance—one of the most stringent rent control measures in…
The clock is ticking. A new rent control ordinance takes effect on May 1 in Saint Paul, and tenants, landlords and housing developers say they want answers soon for how the city intends to implement the new law. The ordinance,…
Talking to renters in my daily work, which often involves advocating for tenants in unsafe and unhealthy apartment buildings, I was initially surprised to hear again and again that the threat of rent increases is a bigger concern than poorly…
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