Word: rent
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...ruling will determine whether a statewide vote on rent control would violate the state constitution's guarantee of "home rule," which is essentially the right of individual communities to make decisions for themselves...
...court rules that a vote is constitutional, the decision would be a big victory for rent control opponents, who say that a referendum would most likely go in their favor...
...court deems the referendum illegal, rent control supporters would be sitting pretty--there would be few avenues remaining for opponents of the price ceilings...
...meantime, the petitions that would send the rent control question to the voters may be called into question as well...
...Anti-rent control activists, represented by the Homeowners Coalition, needed 11,715 signatures to send the issue to referendum...