SOUTH PORTLAND — Community organizations and lawmakers are asking the city to put a temporary eviction moratorium in place for large property owners after the new out-of-state owner of Redbank Village, an affordable apartment complex, let its tenants know that their rents could increase by hundreds of dollars a month.
In a letter to the South Portland City Council dated Tuesday, the organizations and lawmakers asked for a six-month moratorium on evictions for nonpayment of rent increases, retroactive to April 1, for all owners of more than 200 rental units in the city except housing authorities and nonprofits bound by federal and state regulations to provide affordable housing.
“We’re recognizing that if we don’t act quickly, people could either be evicted or feel very housing insecure, even more so than they are now, very shortly,” said Rep. Victoria Morales, a South Portland Democrat who also serves as executive director of the Quality Housing Coalition, which works to ensure affordable, accessible housing for people in need.
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