Word: controled
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...present, a drive for low income housing project appears to be a distant project for the referendum organizers; it's a take, they think, to be attacked after rent control has been won, and a campaign has been waged for enforcement of housing codes. This strategy is patently infeasible. Once the "victory" of rent control is won, the bulk of neighborhood residents will likely rest on their dubious laurels, perhaps forever, at least until it becomes obvious that rent control has not helped the housing situation. By then it will be too late. Most of Cambridge's residents will have...
ONLY A campaign which makes it clear to its supporters--as the rent control referendum does not--that rent control is subordinate to the long term goal of pushing the City government to increase the low-income housing in the City will have a chance of alleviating the housing crisis. Rent control per se should not be played up; it should be played down. The referendum should not sell panaceas, but rather a coherent strategy, to Cambridge's residents...
...insignificant choice thus faces those who are now organizing the rent control referendum. They can shift their strategy somewhat, and have a good chance of obtaining something approaching a satisfactory solution to the problem. Or they can continue on their present path, pushing a campaign that is likely to produce little but bitter memories for Cambridge residents...
...interim the most effective answer to the crisis is rent control. The current Rent Control Referendum Campaign Drive makes these proposals...
THERE ARE admittedly several problems with rent control, especially over the long run. it tends to discourage the building of new housing. Landlords try to advisor making any improvements since they have a difficult time raising rents because of them. These are experiences which cities like New York have has with rent control, and they have laced many people to emphasize the need for low cost housing instead in rent control...