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Cities/towns could develop a city rent escrow account program, grade rental properties, create a tenants union, have training on healthy housing, and reward good landlords

By Hicbd
Mon Jan 27 2020 5:17 pm

"They include things like experimenting with a Rent Escrow Account Program, in which tenants can pay rent to a city-owned escrow account if their landlord has unresolved code violations, and developing a program to “grade” rental properties based on their quality and history of code violations."

URL:
https://nextcity.org/daily/entry/syracuse-is-finding-ways-to-prevent-evictions
https://www.syracuse.com/news/2019/03/eviction-rate-in-syracuse-public-housing-drops-75-thanks-to-city-hall-effort.html

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Categories:
Public Housing Renting Local Government Services Landlords U.S. Poverty Lead Poisoning U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) U.S. Housing Evictions

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