Word: efz
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...Since the end of rent control, we've helped many tenants to keep their homes. If they lose their homes, they're out of the city," said Bill Marcotte, the lead housing organizer for the EFZ. "We're all in the same boat, and we'd like to get out of this leaky boat together," he said...
Bill Cavellini, a Cambridge resident, spoke about the goals and platforms of the EFZ. Cavellini said that the last five years without rent control have shown that landlords are not afraid to raise rents--making staying in the city prohibitively expensive for low-and moderate-income families...
...EFZ is saying to you tonight that a winning strategy must have a broad base of tenant support and must be coordinated state wide," he said...
Activists presented a 12-point plan designed to help make rent control a statewide issue, while others reminded the gathering that the EFZ had succeeded in getting the city council to declare a housing emergency last February...
Also important to the EFZ at this point is media attention. "The media must focus both on the problem and on possible solutions," Cavellini said. Cavellini stressed the importance of increasing involvement on the part of city councillors and the community on the issue of rent control. He cited the need to pressure city council candidates to work actively for rent control at the state and local level...