Word: rent
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Question 9, the state ballot referendum to abolish rent control, was passed by a 51 to 49 percent margin on November...
...council had considered giving rent subsidies to tenants, but determined that the idea would be impossibly costly. Reeves said a subsidy for low-income tenants, after rent control expires, would cost $15 million for only six months and bankrupt the city...
Despite the mayor's resolve, area residents are divided on rent control. Many say they will be glad to see the system...
...landlord and I voted against it," said Kevin W. Burr. "I live in East Boston where there is no rent control and it's totally different there. Rent control just helps the rich people get richer...
...part of the homeless and am about to move to the YMCA," said a man who would identify himself only as J. Price. "If you have a well-paying job you should be able to pay for full rent. The people of Cambridge voted it out. It's kind of screwed up. Now that they found out how it was, they start squawking about it."Crimson File PhotoCambridge Mayor KENNETH E. REEVES '72 does not approve of the compromise...