Pro/Con: Right to Repair could harm tenants, lead to evictions

Duluth residents have spoken clearly this year: Housing is the foundation of our community. If families, seniors, and young people cannot count on safe, stable housing then everything else — education, jobs, health, and economic development — becomes that much harder.

The Duluth City Council is deeply committed to expanding housing while advancing housing justice, protecting tenant rights, and ensuring safe, livable homes for every resident.

But when good intentions collide with legal risk, we must choose carefully.

The ballot measure in Duluth in the Nov. 4 election, which supporters’ brand as the “right to repair," sounds good on the surface. But it’s a Trojan horse. It promises to fix small problems and protect our most vulnerable residents, but a closer look reveals that it would ha