Word: controls
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...landowners pressed legislators last week to pass two bills that would effectively end rent control, one by phasing it out over the course of a year, the other by ending rent control on individual apartments as their tenants left--called vacancy rent decontrol. "With a 50 per cent annual turnover rate, that is ending rent control," City Councilor and State Rep. Saundra Graham said at the state hearing...
...spring, and politicians' thoughts turn to the elections five months away. Rent control has been a big part of every city election since its adoption in 1970, and a group a city landlords may have begun efforts in the last two weeks to make sure that this political season will be no exception...
They argue that rent control--which requires that the city approve any proposed rent increases--depresses property values, denies fair profits to landlords, decreases money for maintenance and subsidizes college students and young professionals at the expense of land-lords and taxpayers...
...years ago, the oil producing countries of the world discovered that they could control the world economy by raising the price of the one commodity they had that the Western nations needed...
Harvard outscored Middlebury 6-0 in the second half with swift movement and excellent ball control. Faught scored twice in the second half, Predun grabbed his second and third goals of the contest, while Jamie Egasti tallied once and Mike Ward, starting his frist game at attack, got his second of the game...