Can Rent Control Protect Communities? [yesmagazine.org]
For 31 years, Andy Mangels, 52, and his husband, Don Hood, 61, lived in an apartment in the Goose Hollow neighborhood of Portland, Oregon. In December, the owner of their building changed. Hood, who is a disabled veteran who had been working for 12 years as an onsite manager for the apartments, was laid off. Then their rent was raised 113 percent. Mangels said the news was more than just shocking. They were now facing displacement from a neighborhood they had called home for more than three...