Word: rent
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Malcolm L. Kaufman, a member of the Campaign for Affordable Housing and Tenant protections, calls area rents "totally obscene," astronomical," and "extortionist," and asks, "who the hell pays this kind of money for rent...
...landlords say that rent control is unfair and amounts to subsidized housing for well-off people--like Cambridge Mayor Kenneth E. Reeves '72--who live in rent-controlled housing...
...judge put the issue on the ballot, but rent control advocates promptly filed suit in the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts against the state Attorney General, who certified the petition and then prepared a summary for placement on the state ballot...
...fact, the tenants might have to return to court to block a referendum's results from being implemented. And that means another messy legal fight to keep rent under control...
According to a Copley Plaza employee, it wouldhave cost the Chameleon $2500 to rent theballroom, which had been reserved by Chang...