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...When I first came to the city council in the early '70s, rent control had just been adopted, but it was being so poorly administered that it was being completely ineffective," he says...
Since September, Lipman has been fighting with the Cambridge Eviction Free Zone committee in an effort to stop landlords from evicting lower-cost tenants so they can raise rents. He contacted state and city officials to help his cause. Because of Lipman's contributions, not one person has been evicted from his building and the first scheduled rent increases have been delayed...
...SPORT: Rent a boat to glide along the Serpentine in Hyde Park if the weather permits...
...blank how much he made an hour. He said, "I'm a sergeant so I make a little more than most guards, $8.40." I then asked how he could live on $8.40 an hour. He responded, "I'm on Section 8 so I don't have to worry about rent...
Well, Harvard, I'm not on Section 8, neither do I get food stamps, but my rent has gone up $125 a month since my last raise, which was May of 1995, for $0.15 an hour. The cost of food has gone up. Health insurance for my wife and daughter has gone up and parking has gone up. I have been a member of the Harvard community for over 10 years. For eight of those years I have called the Kennedy School home and the members of the Kennedy School, family. I read the article about the guards...