Senator Sherrod Brown returned to Iowa recently, but it had nothing to do with the 2020 presidential race. Brown accompanied Iowa congresswoman Cindy Axne in visiting a manufactured home park near Des Moines. An investment firm thatinformed residents that rents would be increasing by as much as 70 percent.
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Brown is a ranking member of the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee.
The investment firm, , received a grade of 鈥淔鈥� from the Better Business Bureau.
