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On the recordJune 28, 2022
This is unsustainable, and our most-vulnerable constituents are drowning financially because they cannot afford these rent increases.
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Ayanna Pressley
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Pressley highlights the financial strain on vulnerable constituents due to rising rents.

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