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...last census saw a shift in socioeconomic diversity as rent-control ended in Cambridge, but the effects of that are “water well under the bridge” now, Cook said...

Author: By Cora K. Currier, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Cambridge Census Expected to Count 'Hidden' Groups | 4/6/2010 | See Source »

...public stunts as they are for the Zeitgeist. They’ve led a group of people dressed as corpses from the gallery to the front of City Hall, protesting Cambridge’s reluctance to remove deceased voters from the rolls so that it could thwart a proposed rent-control ordinance. They’ve held a massive monopoly game to protest local gentrification...

Author: By Michael A. Mohammed, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: THE HOT SPOT: Zeitgeist Gallery | 3/18/2005 | See Source »

...neighborhoods in Cambridge, choose to send their children to private schools. As a result, public schools have seen a sharp decrease in the number of students, whereas schools in more working-class areas remain a popular choice for blue-collar parents. This disparity comes in the wake of Cantabridgian rent-control abolition; as many working families who sent their children to public schools were driven out by steadily increasing costs of living, gentrification ensued and private school enrollment became more competitive...

Author: By The CRIMSON Staff, | Title: Support Grade Schools' Merger | 10/28/2002 | See Source »

Galluccio was our pick for mayor after the November elections. His willingness to work with business interests to address the housing crunch while other councillors simply try to cling to a system of rent-control which was abolished statewide by voters in 1994 was one of our main reasons for supporting his candidacy. Now that he has been elected, we hope he makes housing his first priority, as he promised the councillors who voted him into office. The only way that Cambridge will be able to cope with the current rent crisis is to build more housing, as much...

Author: By The CRIMSON Staff, | Title: Galluccio Wins Mayorial Battle | 2/22/2000 | See Source »

Candidates are reluctant to say that--advocating the return of rent control is a popular stance--but the likelihood of rent control making a comeback as a galvanizing issue is faint. And while there was an effort to get a rent-control initiative on the ballot, even rent control advocates admit its only purpose was to get people to the polls...

Author: By Kirstin E. Meyer and M. DOUGLAS Omalley, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERSS | Title: Voter Turnout Lowest in Recent Memory | 11/3/1999 | See Source »

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