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Monday, November 28, 2022

IN LOVING MEMORY OF MILT KRANTZ 1936-2022 With great sadness we report that beloved Affordable Housing Network tenant leader and board member Milt Krantz passed away on November 21. Milt got involved with tenant issues when a tenant association was organized in 2015 at his senior housing complex, DeRose Gardens Apartments in San Jose. Milt quickly became a leader in the DeRose Gardens Tenants Association and played a key role in resisting unaffordable rent increases and ending abuses by management. Milt was also instrumental in advocating for transfer of the land DeRose Gardens was built on to ownership by the Santa Clara County Housing Authority, thereby preventing rent increases that would have resulted in displacement for most of the tenants. Milt was one of the first San Jose housing advocates to point out the problem with the LIHTC formula (Low-Income Housing Tax Credit) that ties rents to the local Annual Median Income. This is particularly problematic in Silicon Valley, where extreme wealth inequality causes the Annual Median Income to rise much faster than the income of tenants trying to afford to live in LIHTC housing. Milt was also a prominent leader in the San Jose rent control movement from 2015-18, successfully fighting for a reduced annual rent increase cap and a just cause eviction policy, to help keep people in their homes. Finally, Milt was one of the very first San Jose residents to advocate exploring Limited Equity Cooperatives and Community Land Trusts as tools for solving the housing crisis, and became a founding board member of the South Bay Community Land Trust in 2019. Not only during the intense housing activism of his later years, but also his decades-long career as a social worker, Milt acquired a well-deserved reputation for compassion and concern for the least of our brothers and sisters. We remember him for his accomplishments, but even more we treasure the cheerfulness, dedication, and sincerity that he brought to everyone he worked with in our battle to build a better world. - Sandy Perry, Affordable Housing Network of Santa Clara County

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Alice O’Neill Posted Dec 1, 2022 at 3:08 PM

Appreciate knowing that much more about Milt’s endeavors.

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Thursday, November 24, 2022

We will not forget someone who gave us so much to remember! As a cousin - (2nd or 3rd) - I cherish many fond memories - especially of our MUCH younger years! I well remember the special visits with Milt, Cindy, Bill & their friends & parents (my Great Aunt & Uncle) at their home. We had the BEST times! Milt had a great spirit & infectious laugh – we shared funny stories (real or made-up), jokes & pranks. As a teen, I was especially eager to “share” with him the latest DOO-WOP record I had acquired (playing it for him over the phone!) He teased me (for years) about my rendition of the “Chicken” – 1950’s dance craze; he taught me how to play “Heart & Soul” on the piano! SO MUCH FUN! In later years – when Milt came to visit Michigan, he was such good company. We all sat around the table, looking at pictures and reminiscing. There were stories to tell & family history to explore - - trying to re-construct our “family tree.” Milt would have us laughing & then crying & then laughing again – all in the same hour! Dear Family: May you find PEACE on the other side of sorrow. May you find COMFORT on the other side of loss. Most of all - in this sad farewell - may you find that LOVE lives on in the Memories of the Heart. With Love & Sympathy Cousin Janet Dolin

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Tuesday, November 22, 2022

Milton Francis Krantz

1936 - 2022

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