Word: rent
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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According to Marchotte, the end of rent control has pushed eradicating housing injustice to the forefront of the organization's concerns...
Marcotte, 50, is no stranger to housing injustice. He describes his job--one of EZF's three paid positions--as full-time with part-time pay. He also works part-time as a housekeeper to pay the rent, which has been getting increasingly hard...
...years ago, Marcotte was faced with a series of evictions and rent increases in the midst of a medical emergency. His partner was dying of AIDS...
...more scary for people who don't know their rights, who think that they're alone," he says. "They're vulnerable. They pay their rent on time, they're responsible, and [when they get served with a notice] they think they've done something wrong...
...only person left in her building since the end of rent control, and has seen "at least 25" of her friends leave Cambridge because of an increase in housing costs...