There is a reason Ohio loves this man, and it is because he is ALL THE
THINGS. Megan
Shaw has a piece for NewsNet5 about Senator Sherrod Brown co-sponsoring a
bill to protect renters from evictions. Because he’s a boss.
Perhaps a little background information? Banks bought up the bad loans
made to people buying homes, and the banks are now evicting those people. This is
particularly back in Ohio, where the economic collapse of the manufacturing
industry is still very much felt. So that is to say: poverty and corporate
banks are evil. However, the renters aren't even to blame for the foreclosures, but they are suffering because of it.
Sen. Brown submitted his request, that new legislation be enacted to
protect renders from unruly evictions, to Congress on Monday. Brown argues that
too many renters are forced out of their homes with little notice because landlords
lost the property to foreclosures. Sen. Brown was joined by Laquita Jarmon,
Cleveland resident, to share her experience of an unruly eviction. She and her
four children were forced out of their home with only 30 days notice. In 2009,
Congress passed a law that said tenants had at least 90 days or till the end of
the lease to remain in the home following a foreclosure. The law is due to
expire at the end of the year, and Sen. Brown wants new legislation to protect
renters.
Brown said, “Tenants who work hard, and responsibly pay their rent each
month, deserve protections for themselves and their families. In the past
families who rented were uprooted from their homes because of foreclosures that
weren’t their fault. The Permanently
Protecting Tenants at Foreclosure Act would renew and strengthen renters’
rights so families aren’t unfairly evicted from their homes.”
The Act would make the protections permanent, regardless of when the
foreclosure takes place, and ensure compliance with the law by establishing a
private right of action for those who have been evicted in violation of the
Act.
