Brooklyn renter Grace Pinegar’s $700 rent hike went viral over the weekend, with more than 745,000 viewers agreeing that the increase highlights what’s wrong with the U.S. rental market.
Source: Inman News
‘It’s a basic human right:’ TikToker takes aim at rental price gouging
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