In order to address the
housing
crisis
in
Ann
Arbor,
stakeholders
are
proposing
innovative
solutions to address the
issues
of
affordability
and the growing influx of
students while maintaining
the city’s unique character.
Rent control — legislation
that sets caps on rents —
is one such option the city
council is considering.
Rent
control
policy
has
been
implemented
statewide in California and
in a few communities in
Maryland and New Jersey
to maintain the existing
affordable
housing
and
limit disruptions caused
by dramatic rent increases.
Under Michigan law, “A
local
governmental
unit
shall not enact, maintain,
or enforce an ordinance or
resolution that would have
the effect of controlling the
amount of rent charged for
leasing private residential
property.”
In an email interview,
Jennifer Hall, executive
director of the Ann Arbor
Housing Commission, told
The Daily rent control had
previously been proposed
in southeastern Michigan
decades ago.
“Rent
control
was
proposed in Ann Arbor and
Detroit in the 1980s and the
state enacted legislation
prohibiting it,” Hall wrote.
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Ann Arbor, Michigan
Thursday, October 24, 2019
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About 100 people gathered
in Weill Hall on Wednesday
afternoon
to
hear
Kathy
Cramer, professor of political
science at the University
of Wisconsin-Madison, tell
stories from her research on
the exclusion of rural voices
in political discussions. The
event, entitled “Listening to
Strengthen Democracy,” was
hosted by the Ford School
of Public Policy as part of
the school’s “Conversations
Across Difference” lecture
series.
The Center for Local, State,
and Urban Policy (CLOSUP),
a research center at the Public
Policy
School,
co-hosted
the event because they are
interested in redefining the
ways society views urban and
rural populations, according
to Sarah Mills, senior project
manager at CLOSUP.
“We’ve been really looking
at what’s conceptualized as
an urban-rural divide, but we
like to think of it as an urban-
rural continuum,” Mills said.
CLOSUP and the Public
Policy
School
invited
Cramer
to
this
lecture
series because of her work
in rural communities with
the Local Voices Network, a
digital network used to share
community conversations.
“Given her work trying to
understand the rural side of
the equation, we thought that
sharing that with the U-M
community would be helpful
to understand what you can
learn by listening to people
in rural communities,” Mills
said.
Cramer’s research involved
working with experts at the
Massachusetts Institute of
Technology and Cortico, a
nonprofit focused on holding
healthy political discussions
in communities, to create the
Local Voices Network.
“We are basically aiming
for a way in which we can
listen to one another and
understand the perspectives
of people who are unlike us or
don’t live near (us) or who we
haven’t had (an) interaction
with,” Cramer said.
A
petition
demanding
the University of Michigan
release the papers of the late
Dr. John Tanton, father of the
anti-immigration movement,
was presented to Tim Lynch,
University
vice
president
and
general
counsel,
on
Wednesday afternoon.
The petition, titled “Tell the
University of Michigan: Stop
Hiding White Nationalist’s
Papers From The Public,” has
more than 3,800 signatures.
The petition was created by
Law student Kerry Martin in
an effort to raise awareness
about Tanton’s ties to white
nationalism,
eugenics
and
anti-immigrant movements.
Martin
originally
requested
to
meet
with
University President Mark
Schlissel
regarding
the
petition, but was scheduled
to meet with Lynch instead.
Martin rehashed the events
of
the
hour-long
private
meeting to The Daily, which
included
presenting
the
petition to Lynch and arguing
why Tanton’s papers should
be released immediately to
the public.
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discussion on Wednesday evening
at Hatcher to discuss the ongoing
humanitarian crises in Kashmir
and Hong Kong, where the lack of
democratic freedom in each region
has lead to protests against the
Indian and Chinese governments,
respectively. Around 30 University
of
Michigan
students
and
community members attended the
event led by five panelists, three of
whom concealed their identities
with face masks.
The event began with the
panelists providing background
and summary of the current
situation in each region and then
transitioned into a discussion
about imperialism, the importance
of grassroots movements and
solidarity with oppressed people.
Panelists
drew
connections
between the surveillance tactics
and mechanisms of control used
by both the Chinese and Indian
governments in Hong Kong and
Kashmir, respectively, and how
those practices mimicked patterns
reproduced around the world
where
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voices
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overlooked.
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More
than
a
dozen
male
representatives
from
the
American
Society for the Defense
of Tradition, Family and
Property took to the Diag
on Wednesday to oppose
abortion rights, inciting
responses from several
bystanders.
Members
of
TFP
distributed
anti-
abortion
material
to
passersby.
The
pamphlets
listed
“10
Reasons to Protect the
Unborn,” claiming that
“Abortion Offends God,”
and calling the practice
“Our Deadliest War.”
John
Ritchie,
TFP’s
student action director
and one of the speakers
at
the
Diag
protest,
told
The
Daily
the
organization stands up
for conservative values
by protesting abortion
on
college
campuses
around the country.
“Today we are here
promoting
the
right
to life – every human
being has a right to life,
whether they are born
or not,” Ritchie said.
“... We are just visiting
the state of Michigan
going from campus to
campus promoting and
defending the right to
life.”
According to Ritchie,
the
organization
has
about 200,000 members
across the nation.
In response to the anti-
abortion demonstrators,
multiple
students
gathered in the Diag to
protest the anti-abortion
stance.
LSA
senior
Tiahna Pantovich held a
sign that read, “Get out
of my womb.” She said
she was determined to
make an impression on
TFP representatives.
“I’m
going
to
keep
screaming until you get
annoyed with (my) voice,”
Pantovich yelled at the
TFP
representatives.
“Eventually,
you’re
going to get annoyed,
and you’re going to say,
‘I can’t stand listening
to this woman,’ and then
you’re going to dip out.”
Faculty, students reflect on what
rent control means for city of A2
Stakeholders propose innovative ideas to address housing affordability
See PETITION, Page 3
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Daily Staff Reporter
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KATHERINA SOURINE
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See ABORTION, Page 3
Roundtable discussion
highlights the lack of
democratic freedoms,
humanitarian concerns
See RENT, Page 3
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Kathy Cramer, University of Wisconsin-Madison professor, lectures on how the ability to understand opposing ideologies influences political opinion as well as the necessity of
crucial conversations when discussing politics at Weill Hall Wednesday evening.
Law students demand
increased transparency
of anti-immgration
papers, movements
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