THE RESULTS TOGETHER WITH ERIK VON ANCKEN. THIS IS NEWS 6 AT 5 GETTING RESULTS.
VON ANCKEN. THIS IS NEWS 6 AT
5 GETTING RESULTS. Don’t change or stop >> MATT: IT IS THE PERFECT
STORM FOR RENTERS. AND WE’RE
HEARING A LOT OF OUR VIEWERS
RIGHT NOW. RENTS ARE RISING
FASTER THAN EVEN GAS AND
GROCERIES. ECONOMIC ANALYSTS
SAY A MIX OF FACTORS ARE
CAUSING THIS AND SOME ARE NOW
ASKING WHAT’S THE SOLUTION?
NEWS. 6 INVESTIGATOR ERIK
SANDOVAL FOUND OUT SOME ARE
FIGHTING FOR RENT CONTROL.
>> YOU KNOW, MY FATHER MOVED
HERE SAID ALMOST 7 YEARS AGO
WHEN YOU MOVED IN.
>> AND SEAN’S WITH KUZ SAYS HE
AND HIS FATHER HAVE SEEN THEIR
RENTED THIS ORLANDO APARTMENT
COMPLEX RISE ABOUT 10% EACH
YEAR OVER THOSE 7 YEARS. TAKE
A LOOK AT THIS, THOUGH. THIS
YEAR HE’S RENEWAL, JUMPED FROM
$995 A IS 16. 45? THAT IS AN
INCREASE OF 65%.
>> IT’S JUST SAD WHEN I CAN
TELL MY DAD LIKE EVERYTHING IT
CAN RIGHT NOW THAN THAT. JUST
TELL MY DAD LIKE EVERYTHING IT
CAN RIGHT NOW THAN THAT. JUST Don’t change or stop >> A LOT TO IT’S A LOT TO 30
YEARS OLD. I NEVER THOUGHT BE
COMING TO THE POINT WHERE I
FEEL I’M HOMELESS. TO THAT
POINT WHERE MY INCOME DOESN’T
MATCH FOR.
>> AS AND HIS FATHER ARE NOT
THE ONLY ONE SEEING THEIR RENT
RISE WITH HIS NEIGHBORS IN HIS
ORLANDO, 3 TO 8, 0, 8 ZIP CODE
HAVE SEEN THEIR RENT GO UP
MORE THAN 40% OVER THE LAST
YEAR IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA.
IT’S GONE UP AN AVERAGE OF
30%.
>> AND ACROSS THE NATION,
WRITERS ARE SEEING AN INCREASE
OF ABOUT 14%. THAT IS MORE
THAN THE RATE OF INFLATION.
>> SO WHAT CAN BE DONE ABOUT
THE SHARP RISES IN RENT? WE
CAME HERE TO TALLAHASSEE, THE
STATE CAPITAL OF FLORIDA,
WHERE WE FOUND ONE LEGISLATOR
IS WORKING ON A SOLUTION, BUT
IS WORKING ON A SOLUTION, BUT Don’t change or stop IT’S CONTROVERSIAL.
>> AND RENT OR NOT ONLY IS
ORLANDO STATE REPRESENTATIVE
ANNA ESKAMANI A RENTER. SHE
SAYS SHE NEEDS 2 ROOMMATES TO
PAY THE RENT AND THEIR PLACE
IN THORTON PARK LOOKING TO GET
RESULTS. ESKAMANI AND FLORIDA
STATE SENATOR VICTOR TORRES
HAVE FILED NICKEL BILLS TO
REPEAL THE LAW. THE BLOCK
CITIES AND COUNTIES FROM
ESTABLISHING RENT CONTROL
MEASURES. WHAT OUR REPEAL OR
DOES IS IT DOESN’T
AUTOMATICALLY, YOU KNOW, GRANT
WRITES, RENT STABILIZATION
ACROSS THE STATE. BUT IT DOES
SAY THAT.
>> A LOCAL GOVERNMENT WILL
HAVE AN OPTION TO EXPLORE THIS
WHEN THERE’S A HOUSING
EMERGENCY, WHICH I WOULD ARGUE
RIGHT NOW, WE’RE IN.
EMERGENCY, WHICH I WOULD ARGUE
RIGHT NOW, WE’RE IN. Don’t change or stop >> PROPOSE REFERENDUM.
>> 41 YEAR, RENT ORANGE COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS CONSIDER
DECLARING THAT EMERGENCY AND
FREEZING RENT FOR A YEAR. BUT
THE COUNTY’S ATTORNEY ADVISED
HIM AGAINST IT BECAUSE OF THE
LAW. ESKAMANI IS TRYING TO
UNDO.
>> WE TOLD HER ABOUT IS AND
HIS FATHER.
>> HE JUST GOT HIS RENEWAL.
NOTICE HIS RENT IS GOING UP
FROM $995 A MONTH TO $1645 A
FROM $995 A MONTH TO $1645 A Don’t change or stop MONTH.
>> I BELIEVE A THAT’S
UNBELIEVABLE. ALL SO, YOU
KNOW, GIVEN THIS MAN’S
PREDICAMENT, IS THIS SOMETHING
THAT YOUR BILL, IF APPROVED,
COULD 100%? YEAH, BECAUSE IF
SO, IF OUR BILL IS PASSED,
THEN THE CITY ORLANDO, FOR
EXAMPLE, COULD DECLARE A STATE
HOUSE EMERGENCY AND THEY COULD
PLAY IT, RENT STABILIZATION
PROGRAMS AND SAY THAT DURING
THIS TIME FRAME YOU CANNOT
INCREASE RENTS BY X
PERCENTAGE. BUT RIGHT NOW
THERE IS NO TALK OF RENT
CONTROL AT THE LOCAL LEVEL AND
WITH KUZ SAYS HE AND HIS
FATHER ARE LEFT WONDERING WHAT
THEIR NEXT STEP IS. WHEN YOU
SEE STUFF LIKE THIS.
>> IT JUST IS A NATURAL WOULD
SAY WHEN TO DO TAKE ON 2, 3,
JOBS JUST TO PAY THE RENT IN
ORLANDO.
>> ERIK SANDOVAL, GETTING
RESULTS NEW 6.
>> LISA: AND WE KNOW THIS IS A
BIG ISSUE IN RENT CONTROL IS
JUST ONE OPTION THAT ERIC
FOUND. HE’S WORKING ON ANOTHER
STORY RIGHT NOW WHERE HE
UNCOVERS WAYS RENTERS. COME BY
THEIR OWN HOME WITH NOTHING
DOWN. MEANTIME, YOU CAN FIND