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...effect [of rent control] on local aid is minimal at best," Travaglini added...
...politically divisive, its motivation is mean-spirited, and its intellectual premise is fatuous," said Sen. Thomas F. Birmingham '72 (D-Chelsea). Birmingham said many state laws have the effect of depressing property values besides rent control, including restrictions on supermarkets and skyscrapers...
Following the defeat of the Republican amendment, Travaglini and Sen. Marian Walsh (D-West Roxbury) successfully amended the Boston plan to include a "sunset clause," which would extend rent control for the same groups protected under Cambridge's plan, but only through...
Under the amendment, which passed by a voice vote, rent control would be eliminated for everyone else by March...
...There were concerns about the lack of a sunset clause and a voluntary means test," Travaglini said. An income-based means test is used to determine rent-control eligibility...