Word: rent
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...reason is that the bread and butter issue of Cambridge politics--rent control--is off the ballot, and its return isn't imminent...
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...
...Still, rent control continues to get people agitated--and it's not about to disappear from Cambridge's radar screen, as the city's several tenants-rights groups show...
Margaret McCarthy, 54, a stay-at-home mother, said she does not support rent control and doesn't mind that it is not on the ballot because "a landlord shouldn't subsidize a tenant...
...Rent control is a bad thing because it distorts the market," said the Lowell House resident. "It's clearly not worthwhile. The prices would not be driven that high without rent control...