Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 236, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 October 1915 — Are Rents Too High In Rensselaer—Let Us Think. [ARTICLE]

Are Rents Too High In Rensselaer—Let Us Think.

It is understood that two families are to move from Rensselaer because their rents have been raised. It seems that for the part few years rents have been gradually climbing in Rensselaer and that in miany cases they have reached what seems to be a point beyond the ability of tenants to pay. In most cases salaries and incomes have not kept pace with the increasing rents. It is not fair to raise rents simply because the tenants have no other place to go. This wiil sooner or later react to the disadvantage of any owner who does this and The Republican has been appealed to by a number to say that already rents in this city are extremely high and that in jurtice to those who live in rented houses the rents should go no higher, if, indeed, in some cases, they should not be lowered.