Word: rent-control
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...effort by a city councilor to invalidate a Cambridge regulation that prevents rent-control housing from being converted to condominiums has drawn criticism from his colleagues...
Walsh has not formally proposed the bill, saying he will wait for the results from a study of people who benefit from rent-control that was independently requested by Councilor Sheila Russell. The study will provide statistics on their ages and incomes--"Especially incomes," said Russell, who cited "horror stories you hear about rich people living in rent-controlled apartments...
Ferranti-Dege subsequently filed a petition for a permit to remove the apartment from Cambridge's rent-control restrictions, and thus make it available for commercial use. The shop's attorney requested that the rent-controlled status of apartment 209 be transferred to its old office in an apartment at 8 Plympton St., another Harvard-owned building which used to house the store...
After Harvard filed eviction papers with the Cambridge Rent Control Board, Ferranti-Dege filed a petition for a permit to remove apartment 209 from the city's stringent rent-control restrictions. Such a permit would allow the unit to be used for commercial purposes...
...four groups handle criminal defense, civil work, rent-control cases and prisoner affairs on behalf of indigent people needing legal representation, says Schwarz. "We provide legal services free of charge for people whose income falls below federal poverty levels...