Janet Smith Comments on Rent Control Policy in Belt Magazine Article
Lesley Gonzalez and her mother returning to their former block in the Logan Square neighborhood of Chicago. After living there for 17 years, a developer bought their building and evicted them. As rents in the neighborhood have soared beyond their means, the Gonzalez's now live four miles north, far from the community they’re accustomed to.
Offsetting the impact rent regulation would have on landlords is vital to rent control success, Janet Smith told Belt Magazine (http://beltmag.com/chicago-rent-control/) in an article detailing the rise of gentrification discourse on rent control.