Word: rent
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...decision represents a major victory for group seeking to ban the price ceilings. Activists had made several unsuccessful attempts to end rent control through the State Legislature and various city councils...
Meanwhile, rent control advocates said they are upset about the setback, but vowed to fight...
...court ruled that a referendum on rent control does not violate the "home rule" provision in the state constitution...
...city of Cambridge and several activists filed a complaint charging that a referendum on rent control infringed on this right, and a hearing was held on May 5. The suit came in the wake of a petition calling for a vote on the price ceilings...
...city argued that a vote would be illegal since rent control is presently in effect in only three municipalities--Boston, Brookline and Cambridge...