A low-income Antioch apartment complex was once again the scene of a tenants’ rights rally held to decry looming rent increases and to urge city leaders to act quickly on protections for the city’s most vulnerable residents.

More than 70 tenants and community activists gathered at the Casa Blanca Apartments on Claudia Court to voice frustration with what they say are rent hikes as high as 30 percent at the complex and its sister property, Delta Pines.

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Kiley Russell writes primarily for Local News Matters on issues related to equity and the environment. A Bay Area native, he has lived most of his life in Oakland. He studied journalism at San Francisco State University, worked for the Associated Press and the former Contra Costa Times, among other outlets. He has covered everything from state legislatures, local governments, federal and state courts, crime, growth and development, political campaigns of various stripes, wildfires and the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.