For the First Time in Years, Salem Doesn't Have the Landlord-Tenant Coalition to Rely On

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Rents continue to skyrocket. People continue to get evicted. Poor residents and people of color continue to be pushed out of the city. People are moving here faster than new units can be built.

And now the divide between tenant advocates and the landlord lobby is greater than ever, with no-cause evictions and the state ban on local jurisdictions implementing rent control taking center stage. No-cause evictions are a favorite tool of landlords to cheaply and efficiently bring in higher-paying renters without a potentially lengthy court process, and a bane for tenant advocates unhappy that it’s legal for landlords to boot otherwise lease-compliant renters for no documented reason other than personal choice.

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