♪ THE RESULTS TOGETHER WITH ERIK VON ANCKEN. THIS IS NEWS 6 AT
5 GETTING RESULTS.
>> MATT: LOCAL FAMILIES HAVE
BEEN FEELING THE BURN OF
STICKER SHOCK FROM HUGE RENT
HIKES. BUT THOSE INCREASES
COULD BE ON THEIR WAY. BACK
DOWN NEWS, 6 INVESTIGATOR ERIK
SANDOVAL GOT A HOLD OF A NEW
ECONOMIC REPORT. ERIC, WHAT
DID YOU FIND OUT? WELL, SUN
MATHIS FORECAST WAS PUT
TOGETHER BY THE APARTMENT
ASSOCIATION OF GREATER
ORLANDO.
>> THEY SAY THAT RIGHT AMOUNT
OF MONEY, THE RENTS ARE GOING
UP. AS YOU CAN SEE HERE IS
PEAKING RIGHT ABOUT NOW. AND
THEY BELIEVE THOSE INCREASES
ARE GOING TO START TO TAPER ON
THROUGH THE SUMMER THROUGH THE
FALL. BUT YOU KNOW WHAT? IT’S
TOO LATE FOR SOME FAMILIES WHO
GOT THEIR RENEWAL NOTICES JUST
THIS WEEK.
>> I JUST GET UP AND THEY WANT
TO GO TO WORK AND DO WHAT I
HAVE TO DO.
>> ANGEL, I LA AND HIS FAMILY
HAVE CALLED THIS ORLANDO HOUSE
THEIR HOME FOR THE LAST 6
YEARS. I FEEL COMFORTABLE. I
FEEL IT BACK. BUT THIS ARMY
VETERAN SAYS THAT ALL CHANGED
LAST FRIDAY WHEN THEY GOT A
CALL FROM HIS LANDLORD.
>> HE
>> WELL, IT’S A LITTLE BAD I
GOT A RACIAL RANT. AND I SAY
WE IS HOW I DIDN’T KNOW WHAT
TO SAY. NO HOW HE SAYS $700. I
SAID EXCUSE ME. ICU FOR RIO,
$700. HE SAID YES, I ALLEN
SAYS THAT IS A 50% INCREASE
FROM WHAT HE’S PAYING NOW.
>> OKAY. HE’S MAYHAR.
>> WE WERE LOOKING AT EACH
OTHER’S ME, MY WIFE AND YOU
WHAT? WE’RE GOING TO NOW.
>> DO YOU THINK A LOT OF
PEOPLE GET THAT RENEWAL NOTICE
AND THINK IT’S SET IN STONE? I
DO THINK THAT YES.
>> WE POSE THAT QUESTION TO
MONICA RAMSEY, THE EXECUTIVE
VICE PRESIDENT OF THE
APARTMENT ASSOCIATION OF
GREATER ORLANDO. SHE SAYS
LANDLORDS ARE FEELING THE
IMPACTS OF INFLATION JUST LIKE
THEIR TENANTS.
>> BUT THERE COULD BE SOME
WIGGLE ROOM AS SOON AS YOU GET
THAT NEWNESS MAKE AN
APPOINTMENT TO GO SEE THEM AND
TALK TO THEM AND DISCUSS WHAT
OPTIONS ARE. THEY ARE OPTIONS
AVAILABLE. IT’S JUST, YOU
KNOW, MAKING SURE THAT YOU
DISCUSS THEM WITH THEM FOR
MAKING A QUICK
>> DECISION ILS AS HE
NEGOTIATED WITH HIS LANDLORD
WHO KNOCKED $200 OFF THE
INCREASE. NEW NUMBERS FROM
RENT DOT COM SHOW OVER THE
LAST YEAR. RENTERS HERE IN THE
ORLANDO METRO AREA HAVE SEEN
THE 7TH BIGGEST INCREASE IN
THE NATION UP AN AVERAGE OF
38% BECAUSE OF THAT ORANGE
COUNTY COMMISSIONER EMILY
BYRNE, A PROPOSED TO CLEARING
A HOUSING STATE OF EMERGENCY
AND IMPLEMENTING RENT CONTROL
MEASURES. NEWS 6 OBTAINED A
COPY OF AN INTERNAL MEMO THAT
SHOWS THE COUNTY HAS NOW HIRED
A CONSULTING FIRM TO HELP THEM
INVESTIGATE. WHETHER THAT
EMERGENCY EXISTS. THEY’LL BE
INVESTIGATING HOW MANY
APARTMENTS OR HOMES THAT COULD
BE IMPACTED AND WHAT KIND OF
ECONOMIC IMPACT IT COULD HAVE
ON THE COMMUNITY FOR NOW, ILS
SAYS HE’S EXPLORING ALL OF HIS
OPTIONS.
>> WE WILL BE FINE. YOU KNOW.
GOD FIRST FAMILY, SECOND
NATION FOR.
>> WELL, ACCORDING TO THIS
MEMO, GA I CONSULTANTS PLANS
TO MEET WITH ORANGE COUNTY
LEADERS TO GO OVER WITH A FINE
DURING THIS EXAMINATION. THOSE
FINDINGS WILL BE RELEASED AT
THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
MEETING WHEN THEY MEET ON JUNE
7TH. AND THAT IS WHEN THE
ISSUE OF BONY IS HOUSING
EMERGENCY WILL BE ADDRESSED
AGAIN. AND OF COURSE, WE WILL
BE WATCHING TO SEE WHAT
HAPPENED. 50% INCREASE IS HE’S
NOT INSANITY KNOW INFLATION IS
REALLY ACCOUNTING FOR THAT.
SOME FLORIDA COUNTIES, THOUGH,
HAVE ALREADY DECLARED AN
EMERGENCY. MIAMI DADE COUNTY
IS THE BIG ONE THAT WE’RE
WATCHING RIGHT NOW. THEY
DECLARED THEIR HOUSING
EMERGENCY LAST MONTH ARE
GETTING READY TO USE SOME
COVID MONEY TO HELP RESIDENTS
THERE WITH RENTAL ASSISTANCE.
>> BUT YOU KNOW WHAT? I WAS
EVEN TALKING WITH ONE OF OUR
FLOOR DIRECTORS HERE,
NEGOTIATE, NEGOTIATE,
NEGOTIATE. THAT IS WHAT THE
APARTMENT ASSOCIATION IS
ACTUALLY SAYING. BUT REMEMBER,
TONE, IT’S NUMBER 4. DON’T GO
IN THERE WITH THAT RENEWAL.
NOTICE YELLING AT YOUR
LANDLORD AND EXPECT TO GET A
DEAL THAT’S FOR FLY MAKE SURE
EXACTLY. MAKE SURE THAT YOU’RE
NICE IN ASK HIM TO WORK WITH.
YEAH.
>> LISA: IT’S SO CHALLENGING
THAT WITH SO MANY PEOPLE
MOVING TO FLORIDA AND THEY’RE
BEING SUCH A LIMITED HOUSING
RIGHT NOW, IT SEEMS LIKE THE
PRICES WILL JUST GO UP, NEVER