ALAMEDA (KRON) — Alameda renters fed up over skyrocketing rents staged a protest in front of City Hall Thursday.
They put up tents on the front lawn and signs reading, ‘Stop Greedy Landlords.’
The group is demanding a moratorium on rent hikes and no-fault evictions. They believe the city council should impose rent control on their city, saying some tenants are getting notices of rent hikes as high as 50 percent.
One senior on a fixed income said his rent was recently raised after his building was sold to new owners.