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...find myself very, very troubled by the position of the State Department of Utilities," said Councillor Francis H. Duehay '55. Councillor Alice K. Wolf said that the new system granting discounts to larger users was contrary to conservational efforts...
Councillors Alice K. Wolf and Francis H. Duehay '55 want to create an exemption in the rent control laws for professors who take sabbatical leaves and others who must leave the city for a year or two at a time. The city now considers homes rented for only a year at a time to be eligible for rent control...
...Wolf and Duehay, members of the pro-rent control Cambridge Civic Association (CCA), have drawn fire from many of their traditional allies among local community activists, who say the change would create yet another loophole in a code they already consider...
...Duehay said he does not believe the exemption will hurt tenants. "It is a very narrow bill designed to respond to specific and legitimate criticism," he said. "It only applies to owner-occupied residences not under rent control." Both Wolf and Duehay emphasized that the exemption would have no effect on existing rent control...
...Duehay, who said he supports the CTU's fears about weakening the rent control laws, disagreed with its tactics in this case. "Unless rent control advocates respond positively to legitimate problems in the present system, rent control will disappear from lack of support," he said...