Word: rent
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...state house of representatives approved the "home rule" rent control petitions of Cambridge, Boston, and Brookline yesterday, advancing the cities' attempt to preserve some form of rent control...
...approved by the state senate and signed by governor, the petitions would allow the cities to keep rent control housing beyond January 1, the date set to abolish 25-year-old limits on rents...
Yesterday another brake was placed on the elimination of rent control when a Superior Court judge placed a temporary restraining order on the enactment of five state ballot measures--including Question 9--approved by voters last month (please see related story, page...
...current Cambridge petition would gradually phase out rent control by the year 2000. After that only the most vulnerable, including the elderly and physically disabled, would be eligible for rent control housing...
...legislature has used the state-wide vote as a pretext for eliminating rent control," Dowds said. "It's a hoax and a sham...