Rockville renters call for stronger protections amid rising rent concerns
July 1st, 2025
Lionel Donovan, WUSA9 News
Tenant rights groups joined councilmembers from the city and county level on the steps of Rockville City Hall Monday to demand more protections for renters.
One of those renters was Jamie, who was born and raised in Montgomery County, and has been renting in Rockville for the past two years. She said once she saw rent increases force some of her community members onto the street, she knew she had to help.
“I saw someone being evicted from an apartment building,” she recalled. “Seeing all of their stuff, all of their memories, all of their possessions in an 8x8ft square outside in the weather with strangers picking through that? I don’t know how anyone can see that and feel like that’s a dignified way to treat people.”
Rockville Renters Call For Rent Stabilization
June 20th, 2025
Two Rockville City councilmembers will introduce a motion at an upcoming meeting to discuss rent stabilization.
Councilmembers Izola Shaw and David Myles said they planned to revisit rent stabilization after listening to about 30 people who urged council members to enact rent stabilization during their meeting June 16.
The topic was discussed last summer but not adopted last summer.
'A lot of damage to our community'; Rockville tenants continue push for rent stabilization
June 16th, 2025
Liana Golden, WJLA News
Inside a packed Rockville City Hall, community members held up signs and cheered on their neighbors in a renewed push for rent stabilization across the city during Monday night’s meeting.
“Half of all of Rockville rents,” Grant Samms, president of the Reed Tenant Association, said.
Some communities in Rockville, Maryland, as 7News has reported, have seen up to 30% rent hikes.