Tenants air long list of grievances at low-income complex that Richmond exempted from rent control rules

By Christine Schiavo | June 19, 2026 |
Outside a leasing office, six women huddle under a canopy of trees and around a table, behind which stands a woman in dark long curly hair and glasses, her mouth close to the speaker of a white megaphone with blue and red trim.

Around two dozen tenants gathered at the leasing office of Monterey Pines Apartments, a low-income housing complex in Richmond, last month, voicing grievances and asking city officials to take action. Organizers had requested permission to congregate in the community center, but the property manager denied the request. So they stood outside, airing their concerns as…

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