Word: rentcontrol
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...elected, McSweeney plans to work forextended hours for the Cambridge MBTA service,better bicycle safety, and a revision of rentcontrol in the city...
...They planned to fire the whole group," saysBarbara J. Pilgrim, referring to the posts held byIndependent party backers. Pilgrim, a member ofthe Small Property Owners Association--anorganization that is traditionally associated withthe Independent platform of anti-rentcontrol--adds, "And Healy is definitely on theirhit list...
Dowds says that Cambridge has been lessaffected by the decrease in middle-class whitesthan other cities because of programs such as rentcontrol. "Cambridge is better off than most citiesbecause of rent control, which has been a prettygood middle income housing program," he says."There's little turnover in these properties...
...Cambridge, where the issue of rentcontrol has divided the city for more than 20years, others--like Jacqueline L. Carroll,co-chair of the Area Four Coalition--say rentcontrol has actually contributed to the decreasein white population...
...hear a lot about the problems with rentcontrol, but not a lot about rents that go throughthe ceiling and the conditions that these peoplehave to live with," Councillor Jonathan S. Myerssaid...