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Tenants-turned-landlords say compassion, understanding needed in fight for affordable housing

Jonathan Rucker, a private landlord who grew up in Gainesville, discusses the benefits and challenges of accepting Section 8 voucher tenants at a third meeting on housing affordability and discrimination hosted by the Newtown Florist Club civil rights group. - photo by Joshua Silavent

Jonathan Rucker, a private landlord who grew up in Gainesville, discusses the benefits and challenges of accepting Section 8 voucher tenants at a third meeting on housing affordability and discrimination hosted by the Newtown Florist Club civil rights group. - photo by Joshua Silavent

Andre Cheek Castleberry is seeing the landlord-tenant relationship in the local rental market differently these days. From renting to homeownership, Castleberry knows what it’s like from a tenant’s perspective.