Word: renting
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...they have been for several years, rent control and development are the litmus test issues for candidates seeking election to the council...
While the system of rent control used in Cambridge is in many ways inadequate, it has managed to preserve 17,000 units of housing for low-and moderate-income city residents. Although critics of the system love to depict it as riddled with abuses, most of the available data on the subject indicates that rent-controlled housing generally does go to the people who need...
...majority of anti-rent control candidates comes to power this year, it is doubtful that the system will continue. If it does survive, it will certainly be whittled down in a way that will benefit big landowners and hurt tenants...
Several other candidates are not endorsed by the CCA, but have expressed strong positions in favor of rent control. Among these candidates, James M. Greene, Paul J. Johnson Jr., and Timothy J. Toomey, Jr. deserve serious consideration...
LIKE all of the CCA candidates, Wolf and Duehay have been strong supporters of rent control during their terms on the council. They have consistently voted against a variety of anti-rent control measures--including Proposition...