Residents of Pittsburg senior apartments call for rent control as price hikes gouge finances

by Aly Brown, Bay City News January 23, 2024January 22, 2024

The Siena Court Senior Housing apartments in Pittsburg are shown in an undated Google Street View image. Residents of the complex are calling on the City Council to pass a rent control ordinance after complaining that they are being priced out of their homes by rent increases. (Google image)

Pittsburg residents concerned about rising rents at their senior housing complex turned out at a recent City Council meeting to call for rent stabilization.

Multiple speakers wearing blue “Seniors 4 Rent Control” T-shirts at the Jan. 16 meeting cited hardship following rent hikes at their place of residence, Siena Court Senior Housing.

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