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April Hotline Volume up 8% from 2024

May 5, 2025 by Mike Vraa Leave a Comment

We’re a third of the way through 2025, and the tenant hotline is on pace for its highest yearly call volume ever. So far in 2025 we’ve been contacted (via email or phone)  by 6,967 renter households, an 8% increase over 2024. Our total contacts (new plus follow-ups) are also at a record level. with […]

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First Quarter Contacts Increased in 8 of Top 10 Categories

April 8, 2025 by Mike Vraa Leave a Comment

We’ve finished the first quarter of 2025, and the number of calls and emails are up on the hotline. For new contacts, we’re up 8% over 2024 and for total contacts (new and follow-up), we’ve seen a 9% increase over last-year’s total. Here are the top 10 reasons for contacts  in the first quarter of […]

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Contacts to Hotline increased 12% in February from 2024

March 11, 2025 by Mike Vraa Leave a Comment

Another big month for calls/emails to the tenant hotline with a 12% increase in new contacts over February 2024. Here are the top 10 contact reasons for February, compared to February, 2024. Contact Reason Number of Contacts Change from Feb. ’24 1. Evictions 447 + 30% 2. Repairs 442 + 20% 3. Break Lease 142 […]

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Hotline Contacts sets all-time highest record in January 2025

February 4, 2025 by Mike Vraa Leave a Comment

This January set the all-time highest mark for new calls/emails (2,050) to the tenant hotline in any month, eclipsing last January’s 2,043. Here are the top 10 reasons for contacts in January, compared to January, 2025. Contact Reason Number of Contacts Change from Jan ’24 1. Evictions 590 + 17% 2. Repairs 587 + 4% […]

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2024 Another Near Record Setting Year on the Hotline

January 7, 2025 by Mike Vraa Leave a Comment

The tenant hotline’s calls/emails were the 2nd highest totals since opening in 1992, only down slightly in 2024 from 2023’s record numbers. Over the last two years, we averaged over 20,000 calls per year. In 2024, we took 19,933 new calls compared to 20,086 in 2023, a less than 1% decrease.  Follow-ups were also our […]

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