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...nearly a quarter century, rent control was the cornerstone of Cambridge politics. The issue was both the litmus test for local politicians and the battleground over which they frequently and passionately fought...
...tenants, rent control meant affordable housing and a predictable future. For landlords, rent control meant endless government oversight and meager returns on their investments...
...people entering the community, rent control meant housing was hard to find because tenants lucky enough to find a protected apartment were reluctant to part with their bounty...
...Rent control in Cambridge did not survive for its 25th anniversary. Rent control fell a year shy, disappearing from the city--and the state of Massachusetts--on January...
Lenore M. Schloming '59 inherited a nine-unit apartment building on Inman Street from her father in 1984. When she and her family tried to move into the building in 1989, they were stymied by rent control regulations instituted to protect her tenants...