From September 23, 2022 post

Congressman Chabot’s campaign released the following statement on reports of massive rent increases in Cincinnati just days after Landsman bragged about how he “helped get… rents down.”

“Greg Landsman falsely bragged about how he reduced rents just days before a landmark report found rents in the Cincinnati area are skyrocketing, increasing by more than 25 percent in the last year, as a direct result of Landsman’s Pelosi-inspired agenda,” Chabot campaign manager John Gomez said. “Landsman’s repeated support for tax hikes and fee increases on the Cincinnati City Council and for his former boss Nancy Pelosi’s inflation-fueling agenda in Washington are dramatically increasing the burden on hardworking people and families in our area.”

“Not only have Landsman’s policies made it more expensive for families to afford rent, but he has also repeatedly voted to hike property taxes and fees making it more expensive to own a home and supported tax hikes and inflation-fueling policies that strain household budgets,” Gomez continued. “Landsman’s agenda is literally taxing people out of house and home as he continues to show a callous disdain for the impact his disastrous policies have on hardworking people and families.”

“To get rising costs under control, unleash the full potential of our economy and support greater prosperity in our communities, including the ability to afford housing, we have to reject Landsman, fire Nancy Pelosi and stop their shared tax-hiking, inflation-fueling agenda,” Gomez said. “On the campaign trail, Landsman refused to identify rising costs as a top issue, said ‘what does it matter’ when talking about his support for the Pelosi agenda and now brags about lowering rents as Cincinnati-area families face 25 percent rent increases — Landsman is simply too out of touch and too extreme to be in Congress.”

The Cincinnati Enquirer reported on Thursday that “the overall median rent in the Cincinnati metro area reached $1,682 in August, up about 25.8% from the same month a year ago.”The article notes “there’s no single reason why rents have been growing at such an alarming rate, but inflation and rising interest rates are pricing many buyers out of the housing market and increasing the pressure to rent.”

Rising interest rates are a direct result of Federal Reserve efforts to combat inflation that has remained at a 40-year high as a direct result of tax-and-spend policies supported by Landsman in Washington. Landsman also voted to increase property taxes, making it harder for people to afford a home, and he has repeatedly voted for other tax hikes and fee increases that contributed to rising rents and make it more expensive to live in Cincinnati. Get the facts:

Landsman Stands With Nancy Pelosi and Supports More of Her Tax-and-Spend Agenda That Makes Inflation Worse

• Landsman is a former staffer for Nancy Pelosi. (Cincinnati Enquirer, 5/3/22)
• During his campaign for Congress, Landsman said he stands with Pelosi: “I actually worked for Nancy Pelosi… I couldn’t be more excited to hopefully join her as a member of Congress… stand with me and Nancy Pelosi.” (NRCC, 3/30/22)
• Landsman dismissed the disastrous impact of Pelosi’s inflation-fueling agenda on OH-01 families, saying, “what does it matter?” (Cincinnati Enquirer, 5/3/22)
• Landsman supported Nancy Pelosi’s recent plan to hike taxes on people making less than $400,000 and hire 87,000 IRS agents to target middle-class families. (Landsman for Congress, Twitter, 8/8/22)

• On the City Council, Landsman voted to raise taxes and fees eight times, including increasing taxes on middle-class families and small businesses.
• Landsman voted for a $7 million property tax increase in January 2018. (Cincinnati Enquirer, 1/10/18)
• Landsman voted to approve seven tax and fee increases in June 2018. (Cincinnati Enquirer, 6/28/18)
• Landsman called for increasing the county sales tax, which would hit hardworking families with higher costs on almost everything. (Cincinnati Business Courier, 11/3/17)
• Landsman voted for “five years of water rate increases.” (Cincinnati Enquirer, 6/23/21)
• Landsman repeatedly supported tax hikes and higher costs on hardworking families and small businesses, while failing to pay his own taxes, getting slapped with a judgement for unpaid taxes earlier this year. (Hamilton County Clerk of Courts, Accessed 6/28/22)

Original source can be found here