Word: decontrolling
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...Board would have to hold a public hearing to convince people that there was sufficient reason to decontrol rents on vacancies," Watkins added...
...support of his resolution, Vellucci argued that decontrol on vacant apartments would relieve the tax burden on small homeowners and encourage new building construction...
Watkins said, "If we defined vacant apartments as a particular category, we could decontrol rents in that category...
...councilors opposed Vellucci's resolution because of the large number of apartments affected. Councilor Saundra M. Graham, an opponent of decontrol, said, "In a city like Cambridge, decontrolling rents on vacancies means destroying rent control...
...member of the Rent Control Board, contacted last night by The Crimson, disagreed. Paul Watkins, a landlord member of the Board, said, "The Board is allowed to decontrol certain categories of housing...