Despite prohibitive new state law, St. Pete leader looking for ways to protect renters

Renters like Dylan Dames still feel the pain of an affordable housing crisis in St. Petersburg. “It’s very bleak,” Dames said. “It’s very bleak.” He lives it himself and now experiences it through others as an organizer with the group Faith in Florida. “One of our campaign managers — he was a really, really strong part of our work — had to move out of the city because he was living in his car,” he said.