Massachusetts renters facing another round of rent increases are pushing back, bringing their landlords back to the negotiating table.
At Pleasant View apartments in Easthampton, 24 tenants signed a letter refusing to renew their leases after receiving proposed increases on top of earlier hikes of roughly $400 a month.
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Along with their notices, tenants received an Oct. 1 lease-renewal deadline through a property management app. Residents of the 33-unit complex received notices in August proposing monthly increases of $100 to $200, according to the Daily Hampshire Gazette.
The proposed monthly rent for Nancy Dorian’s two-bedroom apartment was $1,610 — $160 more than the $1,450 the Pleasant View tenant was paying…