Instate Rent Control in Florida During COVID-19 Pandemic

Instate Rent Control in Florida During COVID-19 Pandemic

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September 22, 2020
Signatures: 397Next Goal: 500
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Started by Alexander Gonzalez

The COVID-19 Pandemic has affected many residents of the state of Florida. Many people have lost their jobs, sources of income, and loved ones. Now as an added stress many are having to deal with increases in rent.

I am a resident at Cortland World Gateway in Orlando and I have been a resident here for 2.5 years in a household of 3 people including myself. We are up for renewal now in December 2020 and we just got our renewal letter where they increased our rent price from $2,098 to $2,810, which is a 33% increase! This is not inflation, but price gouging! 

In the new world, we live in, many people do not have the resources to just simply move and to find another place to live. In our household alone, two of us have been furloughed in one of our two jobs, and the third had to take a pay cut at work. This is just within our household alone. It's without a doubt that there are others in Cortland World Gateway and in the state of Florida as a whole that are facing similar, if not significantly worse financial situations during this pandemic. These actions are reprehensible, unethical, predatory! Our government must step up to protect its citizens from Orlando to Miami to Tampa.(See other examples happening around the State.)

We are asking for the state of Florida to step up and protect its citizens, from greedy corporations (Like Cortland World Gateway) who are trying to make a profit at the expense of renters and those struggling the most.

It is time for Florida to implement rent control methods that limit the increase in rent during this pandemic.

Share this with your elected officials, family, and friends, to send a clear message that we are demanding action!

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